On Agricultural Subsidies
Amazingly, there is another column by Jeffrey Simpson that I agree with. He calls for the end of agricultural subsidies, in particular supply management such as Canada has for dairy products.
Fear trumps reason in the politics of agriculture
As Hayek and Mises identified more that half a century ago, using such supply management is an attempt to increase the economic security of the producers - which has the immediate effect of decreasing the economic security of everyone else in the economy who has to pay to support those producers.
Get rid of the marketing boards.
Fear trumps reason in the politics of agriculture
As Hayek and Mises identified more that half a century ago, using such supply management is an attempt to increase the economic security of the producers - which has the immediate effect of decreasing the economic security of everyone else in the economy who has to pay to support those producers.
Get rid of the marketing boards.
posted by Technical Bard | 09:50
1 Comments:
Sadly, the federal government has come down firmly on the side of supply management.
These guys aren't conservative; I liked the Reform Party more.
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