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  • WSJ: Who's Stingy? Ask Bono about America's generosity.

    07/06/2005 5:13:48 AM PDT · by OESY · 14 replies · 1,298+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | July 6, 2005 | Editorial
    ...Mr. Bush said the U.S. would "absolutely" drop its system of farm subsidies if the European Union eliminated its $40 billion a year Common Agricultural Policy. Now, that's a radical idea. It certainly trumps the calls by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and others to double official development aid to sub-Saharan Africa or to forgive more debt. Getting rid of U.S. and EU farm subsidies -- and the protectionism they entail -- would do far more to address what liberals like to call a "root cause" of poverty. Too many African exports, particularly farm commodities, are kept out of Western...