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**erelvenewmeva** · 02-18-2011, 12:36 PM

Now the oil and gas subsidies, that would actually win a vote, but the problem is, they aren't spending. They are part of tax policy. They will be addressed as part of tax reform. Now farm subsidies, those are spending, and they are going to go away with any luck, if not in FY2011 then in the next.

The very large amount of oil and gas subsidies are a problem, and they are spending. Saying "They will be addressed", means that you hope that are forgotten and left in place.

The real problem with farm subsidies is not that they are there, but that most of them go to the large argri-businesses. They, like all big business, buy their own legislation that allows them to grab even more of this, keeping it from being dispersed to the small, family farmer who could really use it.

02-18-2011, 12:36 PM	#38
erelvenewmeva Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Now the oil and gas subsidies, that would actually win a vote, but the problem is, they aren't spending. They are part of tax policy. They will be addressed as part of tax reform. Now farm subsidies, those are spending, and they are going to go away with any luck, if not in FY2011 then in the next. The very large amount of oil and gas subsidies are a problem, and they are spending. Saying "They will be addressed", means that you hope that are forgotten and left in place. The real problem with farm subsidies is not that they are there, but that most of them go to the large argri-businesses. They, like all big business, buy their own legislation that allows them to grab even more of this, keeping it from being dispersed to the small, family farmer who could really use it.
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