So family farms are a social good

robvg — 4/15/2011 3:36:25 PM (archived)

The idea behind farm subsidies is similar to home mortgage interest deductions- "We" decide that these are social goods and prop up farms and home ownership.

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Gedankenexperiment - er - 4/14/2011 3:39:31 AM
- Re: Re: Agriculture subsidies - steves - 4/15/2011 3:29:56 PM
- Efficiency - steves - 4/15/2011 3:10:11 PM
  - Re: So family farms are a social good - steves - 4/15/2011 4:25:28 PM
  - Re: So family farms are a social good - TB - 4/15/2011 3:48:18 PM
    - "those who get elected by those who are getting the money" - steves - 4/15/2011 4:37:48 PM
  - So family farms are a social good - robvg - 4/15/2011 3:36:25 PM
- See messages n/t - steves - 4/15/2011 3:08:31 PM
- Any farmer which requires a handout is in the wrong business. - Lee - 4/15/2011 2:26:42 AM
- Re: Agriculture subsidies - TB - 4/15/2011 12:34:32 AM
- Copy that. - ER - 4/14/2011 10:55:30 PM
- Re: Gedankenexperiment - steves - 4/14/2011 10:34:10 PM
- Re: Re: NPR...Yep. That's it. n/t - ER - 4/14/2011 10:28:52 PM
  - That's probably the only way. - Lee - 4/15/2011 2:40:45 AM
  - Re: Re: Good. - TB - 4/14/2011 11:23:23 PM
    - Really? - TB - 4/15/2011 3:22:02 AM
    - I see. I really see. - Eri - 4/15/2011 2:19:37 AM
  - Re: Good. (EDIT) - ER - 4/14/2011 11:08:50 PM
    - Go Focus yourself - er - 4/15/2011 5:05:00 AM
    - Re: Focus - TB - 4/15/2011 3:45:53 AM
  - Good. - TB - 4/14/2011 11:04:16 PM
- Re: NPR - TB - 4/14/2011 10:24:00 PM
- Re: Re: Re: Can't really answer:(EDIT) - er - 4/14/2011 8:29:26 PM
- Of course you can have it both ways. - TB - 4/14/2011 7:56:46 PM
- Re: Re: Can't really answer - ER - 4/14/2011 7:32:10 PM
- Re: Can't really answer - TB - 4/14/2011 6:32:01 PM
- You wanted the Republican full monty. - robvg - 4/14/2011 3:35:32 PM
- Re: I have made so many choices - er - 4/14/2011 1:22:14 PM
- I have made so many choices - Jody - 4/14/2011 1:04:55 PM
- If you forget which pill does what,... - ER - 4/14/2011 12:20:42 PM
- Re: Cant' really answer without doing a lot reading. - ER - 4/14/2011 11:53:06 AM
- Re: Are you kidding me? - ER - 4/14/2011 11:33:37 AM
  - Re: Well, I can't afford a reduction in benefits OR a tax increase. - ER - 4/14/2011 11:59:52 AM
  - Well, I can't afford a reduction in benefits OR a tax increase. - Eri - 4/14/2011 11:49:09 AM
- Cant' really answer without doing a lot reading. - robvg - 4/14/2011 5:35:34 AM
- Are you kidding me? - TB - 4/14/2011 4:46:41 AM
- I can think of one gov service... - ER - 4/14/2011 4:23:42 AM
- Re: Gedankenexperiment - TB - 4/14/2011 4:10:26 AM
- Oh Hell...just hand me the blue pill n/t - Jody - 4/14/2011 3:46:53 AM

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