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I don't think anyone is arguing that there are some subsidies like that or that some are wasteful--you can see as much in the first few posts. They're arguing
by Natsu 6y ago
I don't think anyone is arguing that there are some subsidies like that or that some are wasteful--you can see as much in the first few posts.
They're arguing that the idea isn't categorically absurd.
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoI’m not arguing they’re absurd. They’re always going to be present in democracies with agricultural sectors. But if you don’t own farmland, farm subsidies are principally (to the tune of something like 85%, in America, more in Japan and Switzerland) a transfer mechanism. Not national security spending. That said, they’re political gold and so very reliable. Hence why I own farmland. (It doesn’t grow anything.)