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To: Texas Fossil

I’d like to see farming subsidies die off. That stuff has been a burden on taxpayers for decades. Also all the ethenol madness which is paying farmers to grow unprofitable crops. The EPA should be cut by 90% in both manpower and political power, NEA, and all that stuff. There’s really serious waste out there, even in DHS now. I wish we’d see some fighting against these huge costs.


46 posted on 07/20/2010 4:48:23 AM PDT by Tolsti2
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To: Tolsti2
I’d like to see farming subsidies die off.

I don't farm, but my family has for over 110 years in this county. The farm programs were "forced" on farmers by FDR to "stablize prices" and "control" production. The control is done with both "carrot & stick" controls. Many farmers want to move away from subsidies, but in order for that to happen the controls must also go away. Did you ever see a bureaucracy ever eliminate themselves?

63 posted on 07/20/2010 5:10:15 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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