[nypokerface]

Wave our agriculture good bye.

[Thane_Banquo]

Government subsidies have kept resources allocated to agriculture that could earn a higher return somewhere else.

[sam_paine]

Wave our agriculture good bye.

As a third gen descendant of a farming family, I can tell you that small family farms may dwindle, but American Agriculture will not, and has not. My grandfather's farm is now leased to my cousins which farm 100x the acreage with larger more efficient machinery. Big deal.

It was nice to grow up around a family farm...but it was wholly inefficient and unreliable. One bad crop several times sent him out of business and back into carpentering because his risk was so high and his efficiency was so low...but I didn't know that when I was 5.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Did you not notice that the article said "Industrial and Consumer goods"

I am not sure this includes agricultural products. They could techinically be considered a consumer good, but I think that refers to processed materials that are manufactured. So don't worry, you can still pay taxes to subsidize large argicompanies.

(Someone please correct me if I am wrong.)

[Valin]

Wave our agriculture good bye.


Don't have much faith in the American farmer do you?

[rwfromkansas]

Okay, I am just about tired of this. I am willing to bet that the same people who attacked Bush over the steel tariffs are now going nuts saying no tariffs is a bad idea. Please make up your mind......or you are just a Bush hater.