Another Sugar Bailout
Not long ago this website ripped U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for his support of sugar subsidieYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
Not long ago this website ripped U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for his support of sugar subsidieYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Marco needs all that sugar to mix with his tea. Teabaggers love that white stuff… Just ask Talbert Black and Harry Kibler. They love it when Ashley Landess mixes their “tea.”
Marco needs all that sugar to mix with his tea. Teabaggers love that white stuff… Just ask Talbert Black and Harry Kibler. They love it when Ashley Landess mixes their “tea.”
What we have now in America is a “crony capitalist” economy(which is not capitalism) for the most part. If you work for gov’t or for a company that doesn’t mind manipulating it for advantage to its best abilities/resources then you are fine.(or own such a company)
If you have standards, you’re screwed, or going to have a much tougher time at least.
What we have now in America is a “crony capitalist” economy(which is not capitalism) for the most part. If you work for gov’t or for a company that doesn’t mind manipulating it for advantage to its best abilities/resources then you are fine.(or own such a company)
If you have standards, you’re screwed, or going to have a much tougher time at least.
It is difficult to equate food with all “free market” products. Most, if not all, free market products we can live without if they stopped production due to the “free market”. Food doesn’t fit that mold. So food gets treated differently. Yes we can argue until the cows come home about sugar or some other food commodity but at some point farmers have to be kept in business.
I’m glad that someone finally has the balls to make an argument against free markets. Kudos to you, seriously-I mean that.
Everyone else always pussy foots around the issue. I may not agree with you, but I appreciate that you don’t obfuscate the issue in terms of your belief of the superiority of centrally planned markets over free markets.
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“your belief of the superiority of centrally planned markets over free markets.” That is not my belief. My point is that food (and water) are not items we can “pussy foot” with.
“That is not my belief.”
“but at some point farmers have to be kept in business.”
Ok, so how do stop farmers from going out of business if you believe in free markets?
edit: “you stop”
You have a mixed market system, which is what we have in the U.S.
Rubio is not a conservative and never was. Cane Sugar is not like other commodities. It can’t be produced competitively in the US without heavy subsidies and a heavy environmental toll. Rubio’s support of this subsidy is political, not logical.
It is difficult to equate food with all “free market” products. Most, if not all, free market products we can live without if they stopped production due to the “free market”. Food doesn’t fit that mold. So food gets treated differently. Yes we can argue until the cows come home about sugar or some other food commodity but at some point farmers have to be kept in business.
I’m glad that someone finally has the balls to make an argument against free markets. Kudos to you, seriously-I mean that.
Everyone else always pussy foots around the issue. I may not agree with you, but I appreciate that you don’t obfuscate the issue in terms of your belief of the superiority of centrally planned markets over free markets.
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“your belief of the superiority of centrally planned markets over free markets.” That is not my belief. My point is that food (and water) are not items we can “pussy foot” with.
“That is not my belief.”
“but at some point farmers have to be kept in business.”
Ok, so how do stop farmers from going out of business if you believe in free markets?
edit: “you stop”
You have a mixed market system, which is what we have in the U.S.
Rubio is not a conservative and never was. Cane Sugar is not like other commodities. It can’t be produced competitively in the US without heavy subsidies and a heavy environmental toll. Rubio’s support of this subsidy is political, not logical.
It has been argued by some that the reason why the US still has an embargo against Cuba is because of the sugar lobby who is fearful that sugar prices would drop if imported Cuban sugar started appearing on American’s tables. As a rule I do not go for conspiracy theories, but this one I think might have a grain of truth to it.
It has been argued by some that the reason why the US still has an embargo against Cuba is because of the sugar lobby who is fearful that sugar prices would drop if imported Cuban sugar started appearing on American’s tables. As a rule I do not go for conspiracy theories, but this one I think might have a grain of truth to it.