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1 posted on 03/09/2008 7:21:11 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd

Nothing resembles ‘Eternal Life’ more than a government program...to paraphrase R.Maximus.


2 posted on 03/09/2008 7:25:27 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: shrinkermd

Corporate socialism at it’s best.


3 posted on 03/09/2008 8:06:34 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: shrinkermd

There may be some legitimacy here. Because of the ethanol boondoggle, worldwide food supplies are at dangerously low levels. So by increasing the subsidy, I would assume that they want farmers to grow extra this year, to help replace those supplies.

As an aside, I once saw a map of the US, showing the “military industrial complex” that just blanketed about half of the country in tiny red dots. It was noted that “American agribusiness” could have easily covered the entire other half of the US.

Truly the world’s breadbasket.


5 posted on 03/09/2008 9:17:25 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: shrinkermd

....”modest changes to the law, among them a means test for subsidies that would still let farm households making up to $200,000...”

....$200,000 is not that much....a new tractor will run you $100,000; new combine $250,000...fertilizer/pesticide easily $100,000 year....and we all know what’s happening to the cost of fuel...in our home we quit worrying about stuff like this and in 2003 bought shares of Chevron, John Deere and Bunge....so far, so good.


7 posted on 03/09/2008 10:24:09 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: shrinkermd

bump


8 posted on 03/09/2008 10:25:23 AM PDT by VOA
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