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“Subvention” = subsidy. This is the EUSSR; no deregulation allowed.
1 posted on 02/18/2026 9:22:02 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

If they only have one flour mill in Ireland, then this seems functionally equivalent to an “infant industry” that Alexander Hamilton argued needed protectionist measures until economies of scale could be attained.


2 posted on 02/18/2026 9:57:17 AM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Olog-hai
It is Government policy to grow and develop the tillage sector, and I believe in the importance of developing new added value opportunities to enhance its long-term sustainability and competitiveness.

You've got to be kidding me. He talks like this is AI, microchips or a commercial satellite launching operation. Its not like flour mills have been around for oh, I don't know, several thousand years. Its a real "investment" in longer term sustainability to subsidize inefficient flour mills.

5 posted on 02/18/2026 11:07:25 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Olog-hai

And what sense does this make? You can produce neither whiskey nor beer with flour. Glory be, where do they find these daft politicians?


6 posted on 02/18/2026 12:38:11 PM PST by ARGGHH
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