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To: Balding_Eagle
The farm programs do save consumers money at the grocery store. You can calculate the savings for yourself.

Yeah, all the consumers who don't pay taxes to support the farm programs might see lower prices. Some people think the subsidies actually raise the price of food.

How much did you and your family spend in groceries last year?

How much did we spend on Federal taxes to pay for the farm programs?

How much more do expect to spend by summertime, when the effect of the 2007 crop will have worked it's way though the system, with the price of milk, meat eggs etc. reflecting the new economics of a 'no farm program anymore'.

What do you mean by 'no farm program anymore'?

I'll make another guess. They have.

I'm stunned by the fact that you think a government program which distorts markets would somehow save us money.

I retract my statement about you being smarter than that.

211 posted on 02/27/2008 7:13:33 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Put some numbers with all that.
I did.


224 posted on 02/27/2008 8:27:35 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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