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tony7914
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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject: EU farm ministers mull farm subsidy reforms |
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – As thousands of farmers protested vehemently outside, European Union agriculture ministers mulled changes Wednesday to the EU's euro53 billion ($67 billion) farm support program.
The EU spends about 40 percent of its budget supporting 13 million farmers who make up less than 3 percent of its population............ |
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Things like this are why I don't suport the bail out idea in the States. Rather than come up with something new to make a profit they are protesting about losing the goverment teat. Socialisim is a bad idea and just leads to dependance on government. |
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louis-the-cat
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| whatever your views on socialism, this isn't it!
this is a subsidy for a minority. The annoying thing is that the farmers that are subsidised aren't the poor hard working sons of the soil that you might expect.
The number of government ministers, opposition spokespersons and just plain MPs who own farms and collect these subsidies is quite amazing. Then there are the farms that are corporately owned.......Reform of the European Agricultural System is recognised as long overdue......but can you get turkeys to vote for xmas?
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kenmabmcc
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: EU farm ministers mull farm subsidy reforms [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| tony7914 wrote: |
| Things like this are why I don't suport the bail out idea in the States. Rather than come up with something new to make a profit they are protesting about losing the goverment teat. Socialisim is a bad idea and just leads to dependance on government. |
About $35 billion is paid in subsidies to US farmers.
As 72% of this is paid to 10% of US farmers this is also overdue for reform.
Ten Reasons to Cut Farm Subsidies
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| If farm subsidies ended, U.S. agriculture would continue to thrive. Farms would adjust, planting different crops and diversifying their sources of income. A stronger and more innovative agriculture industry would emerge, as occurred in New Zealand after it repealed all its farm subsidies in 1984. |
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Gezzer
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| the EU have been mulling over reform in regard to the EAP for years the biggest stumbling block is France … |
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tony7914
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| louis-the-cat wrote: |
whatever your views on socialism, this isn't it!
this is a subsidy for a minority. The annoying thing is that the farmers that are subsidised aren't the poor hard working sons of the soil that you might expect.
The number of government ministers, opposition spokespersons and just plain MPs who own farms and collect these subsidies is quite amazing. Then there are the farms that are corporately owned.......Reform of the European Agricultural System is recognised as long overdue......but can you get turkeys to vote for xmas? |
hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm...........................Your taking billions of dollars and giving it to someone who didn't earn it in order to make things more equal..............................................................Definition of Socialism.
And what you just laid out is a very good reason why we hear in the States shouldn't start bailing out banks, auto industries, or any corporation.
When the critters line up at the feeding trough who do you think gets fed first? It won't be the ones that need it, they get what's left over. |
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tony7914
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: EU farm ministers mull farm subsidy reforms [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| kenmabmcc wrote: |
| tony7914 wrote: |
| Things like this are why I don't suport the bail out idea in the States. Rather than come up with something new to make a profit they are protesting about losing the goverment teat. Socialisim is a bad idea and just leads to dependance on government. |
About $35 billion is paid in subsidies to US farmers.
As 72% of this is paid to 10% of US farmers this is also overdue for reform.
Ten Reasons to Cut Farm Subsidies
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| If farm subsidies ended, U.S. agriculture would continue to thrive. Farms would adjust, planting different crops and diversifying their sources of income. A stronger and more innovative agriculture industry would emerge, as occurred in New Zealand after it repealed all its farm subsidies in 1984. |
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Old news ken.
Many of us have been working for a long time to stop the handouts and give aways. Our problem has been and still is Washington DC. |
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kenmabmcc
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| Old news in both the EU and US... |
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