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without taxpayer subsidies one of two things will happen, one the free market will cause the escalation of food prices to soar uncontrolably or two, we would jepordise the nations food supply and would have to depend on imports that we have no control over.Go to the grocery store and compare organic grown vegetables, mostly grown here to the others that are mostly imported. The American farmer is subsidised to protect and insure our food supply is never interupted.

without taxpayer subsidies one of two things will happen, one the free market will cause the escalation of food prices to soar uncontrolably or two, we would jepordise the nations food supply and would have to depend on imports that we have no control over.

LOL!! You remind me of the chicken little socialists who say without Social Security, most seniors will be eating dogfood.

I didn't buy their arguement, and I don't buy your arguement.

Nonsense. End corporate welfare for agri-business along with burdensome regulations, at the same time force countries that want to trade with us to open up their markets. The United States would OWN the world's agriculture markets. Our trade deficits with east Asia would shrink if not completely disappear if Japan, Taiwan and China were forced to allow our rice on their store shelves without protectionist taxes.

"without taxpayer subsidies one of two things will happen, one the free market will cause the escalation of food prices to soar uncontrolably or two, we would jepordise the nations food supply and would have to depend on imports that we have no control over."

So I guess there is something magic about food that does not follow the law of supply and demand. I challenge anyone on the FR to show the TRUE cost of any food item at the supermarket by including the huge hidden cost of government subsidies, regulated supply, planting rights, ADMINISTRATION.

Without exception anything subsidized is more expensive when ALL the costs are allowed to be seen. There is good reason we never know all the costs.

My SIL and her husband ran a dairy farm. They are Conservatives in every other aspect of their lives except the farm. The government (you and me) paid them to stop milking and dispose of their herd. The government (you and me) forgave all their debt and allowed them to stay on the farm FREE. Very expensive FREE IMO. Exactly how much does a gallon of milk cost when hidden costs like this are factored in? It is IMPOSIBLE to add a huge government bureaucracy and artificially limit supply without adding cost.

Boy some of us are not very Conservative when it comes to our little world.