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To: BigFinn

Send Michelle over to provide advice on proper diet.


7 posted on 08/08/2011 10:12:43 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29
Trade, Not Aid

Farm protectionism threatens farms in Africa, wallets in America, and lives everywhere

http://reason.com/archives/2005/06/17/trade-not-aid

U.S. agriculture policy undermines U.S. efforts to alleviate poverty because it drives down global agricultural prices, which in turn cost developing countries hundreds of millions of dollars in lost export earnings. The losses associated with cotton subsidies alone exceed the value of U.S. aid programs to the countries concerned. The British aid organization Oxfam charges that U.S. subsidies directly led to losses of more than $300 million in potential revenue in sub-Saharan Africa during the 2001/02 season. More than 12 million people in this region depend directly on the crop, with a typical small-scale producer making less than $400 on an annual cotton harvest. By damaging the livelihoods of people already on the edge of subsistence, U.S. agricultural policies take away with the right hand what the left hand gives in aid and development assistance.

As usual, well-meaning Uncle Stupid screws the pooch(and the taxpayers)

13 posted on 08/08/2011 10:16:48 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states.)
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