I'd like to add, your comparison of farming to socialized medicine is way off. A more true comparison would be our own subsidized healthcare and our subsidized farming. Then again, that doesn't really help your argument any. In fact, it would hurt it, since your pharmaceutical companies are indirectly subsidized by the government, since it is the government who pays for all those old people and poor people's medicine. And some interesting math....If you assume $80 billion annually for subsidies, consider a population of 300 million....365 days in a year.....3 meals per day....a whopping $.24 per meal per person. Anyway, its been fun, but its almost gametime. Plus supper's on the table. Affordable, competetively priced chicken and dirt-cheap, subsidized pasta. MMMMMGOOD:thumb: :geauxtige
I just happened to run across this today, as I'm preparing a speech about the Libertarian Party... "Taxes at all levels -- federal, state, and local; hidden and visible -- take about 50% of a family's income. We must work from January to June just to pay taxes." http://www.lp.org/issues/family-budget.shtml
that is supposed to a be a small amount? that is about 90 dollars a month for a family of 4 (over 1000 a year!). you think we should take 90 dollars from every hardworking family in america every month to give away to businesses they do not own or profit from? dont you think they could find a use for that 90$ if you let them have it? small goverment, it is a good idea. and it is still a good principle even when it means no free money for your pet industry.
Any idea where they got those numbers? I'd like to see how they calculated it. Not that I'm saying I don't trust them, but the average family income in America is around $45K per year. Its kind of hard to judge by percentages sometimes.
you can clean house all you want, the government is inefficient by nature, they dont work for profits and compete. you cant make them efficient. i dont understand the question. i oppose subsidies in both industries.
