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On 6 November 2013 09:24, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Health programs benefit ordinary people and are a basic part of a
> civilised society. Farm subsidies benefit mainly large corporate farms.
>
> To compare the two is ludicrous.
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> Op Wo, 6 november, 2013 10:12, schreef Andrew Fildes:
> > Yes, it's a form of socialised welfare!
> > Like health programs…. :-)
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> > On 06/11/2013, at 6:04 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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> >> Pigs feeding at the trough. Farm subsidies should be abolished,
> >> everywhere.
> >>
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> >> On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
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> >>> Also, it is interesting to study how certain funds are accounted. Let's
> >>> take agriculture as an example. Few people realize that the "food
> >>> stamp"
> >>> program (SNAP) is part of the Farm Bill. What happens is essentially
> >>> the
> >>> government buys the food from the farmers and gives it to the needy.
> >>> Although the recipient of the food is in, say, New York, it appears as
> >>> though Iowa is getting the money on this distribution map. Granted,
> >>> there
> >>> are a lot of other dollars flowing to farmers, but I really doubt that
> >>> you
> >>> would want to see what would happen to our national security if our
> >>> food
> >>> source wasn't regulated and managed. There are many examples like this
> >>> where the recipient states appear to be heavy drains, but those numbers
> >>> may
> >>> also include medicaid, social security, military, VA and other
> >>> significant
> >>> budget items.
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