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To: hedgetrimmer
My understanding is that amber box subsidies are any subsidies that affect the price or production of an item, and the U.S. proposal is to cut ours by 60% if the EU cuts theirs by 83% (the reasoning being that their subsidies are higher than ours to begin with). I have never heard of the U.S. government paying farmers to keep their fields fallow in the name of environmental conservation (can you imagine someone argue that it is somehow conservative?--hint), and I'm not about to go searching the 'net for that sort of information unless you pay me. Here's a suggestion: why not make your point anyway?

My opinion is that a subsidy in the name of the environment is still a subsidy (the operative fact being that checks are being cut), whereas banning production (say, to save the snail darter) is not, because no money changes hands.

315 posted on 10/27/2005 6:38:40 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
My opinion is that a subsidy in the name of the environment is still a subsidy

Well thank you for saying this. Our government is now paying these subsidies as party of the WTO agreement, the Doha round. This is a direct example of how the WTO is affecting our right to self government. It is an irrefutable example of a global socialist body telling Americans what they must do with their money.
318 posted on 10/27/2005 8:22:50 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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