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[Mike C]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

Politics?
economics?
socailism in the USA?
social welfare?
World poverty
Which heading should USA Farm subsides go in?

These has been world wide condemnation of these for years.
but like Guantanamo bay they go on and on

Some background info:

• From 1995 to 2006, the top 10 percent of recipients were paid 74 percent of all USDA subsidies.

A fascinating break up here
EWG || Farm Subsidy Database

Check out waht your State is getting here
Mulch
Who gets what

EWG || Farm Subsidy Database


some comment

An Average American Patriot: Farm subsidies Corporate Welfare, Dead Farmers get Billions, Corporations get millions! More spent than on Homeland Defense!


Do your taxes feed the rich? - Latest News - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com

Published on Monday, May 6, 2002 in the Philadelphia Inquirer

Why U.S. Farm Subsidies Are Bad for the World

Al Krebs: They Aren't "Farm Subsidies", But Corporate Welfare!


Marketplace: Seedy workings in U.S. farm subsidies

Brazil challenges US farm subsidies in new WTO case - International Herald Tribune

Mulch


EWG || Farm Subsidy Database

And life goes on just as before

US farm bill in trouble - 18/04/2008

Like I said, our country is a republic that serves the wealthy, not the
Democracy that it should be serving the general population.

Mike C