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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 11:30 PM Original message |
U.S. prepared to cut its farm subsidies by 60 percent |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. somehow I bet the cuts will disproportionately go to smaller farms |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Exactly.. a reduction in subsidies to ADM |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. I am guessing they will hit conservation programs hardest |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. There are strings, of course. What, you're surprised? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Very strange, indeed. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Let's see if Big Sugar subsidies are cut |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Another shot in the long war against small, family farmers |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I heard from family in farm country that corn farmers are |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It depends on where your family is in farm country |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Another form of outsourcing |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Farmers asked for it by voting republican |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Remember the U.S. subsidizes the crop, not the farmer... |
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