i have a question mainly for the candidates on here

Published on December 13, 2007 By danielost In Current Events

but everyone is welcome to weight in on it. even the clueless one as long as he doesn't use this to attack bush.

the question came up in the senate and the debate about farm subsidies.

question

1 can we do away with the subsidies all together without food prices going to high for any to afford.

2 can we subsidize the farmer 100%. ie make them employees of the government. and keep the quality and quantity of the food. if we went with this method all American citizens would receive food stamps(or a new name for it) to buy the food that they need to get by with. of course if you want to buy more than the stamps worth that would come out of your pocket.

Comments

Cikomyr

on Dec 13, 2007

1 can we do away with the subsidies all together without food prices going to high for any to afford.

The short answer? Yes

The long answer? It depends on what you qualify as "affordable". Americans tend to love large amound of cheap food, and they will probably not be happy about a raise in food price, even if it would be healthier for them. Off course, there would not be a perfect correlation between lower subsidies and higher food price, since American farmers could loose parts of their internal market to foreign farmers.

But since third-world countries' farms do not get subsidies (or at least, not in the scale those in America gets), they do not have the opportunity to raise an economy with farms as a starting point.

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:

Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums.
Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
It's simple, and FREE!