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Agricultural subsidy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An agricultural subsidy is a governmental subsidy paid to farmers and agribusinesses to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of s...
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It occurred to me today that farm subsidies may be one of our advantages in the war against terrorism. ... Formerly I would have said that I was mildly against farm subsidies. Now it seems like it is a very good idea that we are making sure that most of our food is home grown.
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Why U.S. Farm Subsidies Are Bad for the World; They make it possible for us to export food so cheaply that farmers in poorer nations can't possibly compete. ... There is no doubt, by the way, that farm subsidies are corporate welfare par excellence. Although the program began as a way to aid poor family farmers in the...
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Stop Calling Them "Farm Subsidies"; It's Corporate Welfare! ... So when it comes to the subsidy question lets stop this silly rhetoric about "farm" subsidies and call them by their true name: corporate welfare. ... It concludes that even if the difficult task of negotiating the elimination of global farm subsidies is completed,
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71 percent of farm subsidies go to the top 10 percent of subsidy beneficiaries, almost all of which are large farms. In 2002, 78 farms, none small or struggling, each received over a million dollars in subsidies.
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More on Farm Subsidies; Subsidy -Laden Farm Bill Up for Vote this Week; EWG Reveals Who Benefits Most from Direct Subsidy -Laden Farm Bill; U.S. House Farm Bill Draft Supports Subsidizing Sugar for Ethanol ... obama end big farm subsidies photo...
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