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Could you tell us how?

• Barrin92 9y ago
  http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/301645-senate-rejects-amendment-to-end-tobacco-farm-subsidies http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/301645-senate-r... farm subsidies apply to tobacco companies
  • Bromskloss 9y ago
    Oh, so it wasn't specifically for tobacco. In that case, I think we might as well count schools, roads, and anything that is subsidised.
    • krrrh 9y ago
      Those programs are infrastructure, or a nearly universal benefit. Corporate welfare to a specific sector of the economy is totally different. There’s also no reason a farm subsidy couldn’t exclude tobacco.
      • throwawayjava 9y ago
        Apparently the reason is "[tobacco growers] contribute a lot to this country" [1]. You know, as opposed to all of the non-federally-subsidized occupations that contribute literally-anything-other-than-lung-cancer to the country... I'm assuming the $1.1 million Tobacco spent keeping Richard Burr in office helps him not think too hard about such things [2]. [1] http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/301645-senate-rejects-amendment-to-end-tobacco-farm-subsidies http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/301645-senate-r... [2] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article132029294.html http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article1...