[Balding_Eagle]

Right. Consumers benefit by paying much higher taxes. I'm glad you recognize that consumers are net losers in that equation.

Chuckle, oh come on, respond to what I really said, not to what you wish I said.

Here's what I really said, as it relates to the consumer:

Just as the consumers benefit from the subsidies paid to farmers......... the consumers ended up with cheap food.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Just as the consumers benefit from the subsidies paid to farmers......... the consumers ended up with cheap food.

It's not a benefit if the lower price is more than offset by the higher tax dollars spent.