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Archer Daniels Midland: A Case Study In Corporate Welfare

• pwhelan 16y ago
  Not to mention their disgusting history. I read the book "The Informant" (unlike the movie, not a comedy) about this whole situation and they were some disgusting people. However, crime is a lot easier when "[d]uring the 1992 election, Andreas gave more than $1.4 million in soft money and $345,000 to individual candidates".* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Daniels_Midland#Price_fixing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Daniels_Midland#Price_fi... *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Andreas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Andreas
• billswift 16y ago
  One reason that Dole didn't come close to getting elected in 1996 is the strain of libertarianism in part of the Republicans. Among libertarians, Dole was often referred to as the "Senator from ADM".
• jacoblyles 16y ago
  It's hard to beat Cato for solid libertarian policy research.
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• marze 16y ago
  CATO should consider changing the title to: Archer Daniels Midland: Poster Child for Corporate Welfare