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The New DU. Reply #107: Subsidizing farmers makes sense in many instances
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MajorChode
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Thu Mar-25-10 05:08 PM
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If you allow farmers to fail during bumper crop years when prices are low, their farms get sold and the land gets used for other purposes. This ultimately drives the cost of food up. The US has the lowest cost for food compared to almost all other developed nations, partly because we subsidize farms in this manner.
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