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Talk about real shame, look at tobacco. Ira
TheGonch wrote:
> Food has historically been the ultimate strategic industry. The primary
> driver for the improvements in transportation for the 100 years from
> 1850 to 1950 were to improve the ability to distrbute food from farmers
> (cattlemen, etc.) to consumers.
>
> In order to limit the dependence on imported food, many countries
> protect those food sectors considered important. This is becoming an
> important issue in Europe, where DeGaulle negotiated a ro-agriculture
> systen that meant a huge transfer from the rest of Europe (mainly
> Germany, but the addition of the UK was already under consideration) to
> France.
>
> The US protects its farmers like everyone else. But that doesn't make it
> right.
>
> If you want really shameful subsidising, look at sugar, which isn't even
> a vital foodstuff.
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