Post by Wycco on May 17, 2002 14:29:49 GMT -5
Bush has stuck his head in the guillotine again.
Bush- obviously didn't take economics. First he starts putting tarriffs on Steel- sparking fresh international tarriff wars after 100 years of progress...
NOW he has upped farm susidies.
Protectionism like this is awful for the economy- why should my $$$'s go to the farmers?
Protectionism hurts the economy as a whole.
I could understand why we might want to subsidise farms if we were close to not producing enough food to be independent of other nations during and international crisis- but we're not even close to such a point- we produce many times more food than we need to eat.
Stop the protectionism- let the economy work how it is supposed to!
Make the farmers work- or get a different job!
Bush- obviously didn't take economics. First he starts putting tarriffs on Steel- sparking fresh international tarriff wars after 100 years of progress...
NOW he has upped farm susidies.
Protectionism like this is awful for the economy- why should my $$$'s go to the farmers?
Protectionism hurts the economy as a whole.
I could understand why we might want to subsidise farms if we were close to not producing enough food to be independent of other nations during and international crisis- but we're not even close to such a point- we produce many times more food than we need to eat.
Stop the protectionism- let the economy work how it is supposed to!
Make the farmers work- or get a different job!