7 of 30 - Politics

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   I have just minutes to go before being shipped off to my least favourite place ever - the beach. ::shudder:: So my planned expose on why nibot (pictured here) is so very evil (as he bursts in here to sing "fruzly... fruzly...") will have to be put on hold momentarily.

   Instead I think I'll take up the political controversy mongering which has been a recent theme for many of the other participants in the 30 entries in 30 days thing. Again this is probably an even more exciting thing for this journal, as statements regarding American politics are NEVER made, nor does our protagonist ever express views in person on American politics.

   If I ever finish this what with nibot randomly bursting in every thirty seconds.


...and now I have to go to the beach. Blame nibot for preventing me from finishing this on time. Tune in later for the completion of this entry.


   As tempting as it is to leave this as it was, I suppose I'll finish my thought.
Farm Subsidies
   Background
   The United States government currently pays thousands (maybe millions?) of American farmers NOT to produce as much as they could, thereby artificially creating a better farming market in the United States than otherwise would be under a laissez faire system. The amount of money involved in this I believe dwarfs all US foreign aid.
   Aside from the fact that simple logic tells us this is dumb, it is a resdistrubition of wealth in America that is fundamentally unfair. Yes its not as evil as something that favours the already-rich or something, but it is still a completely unnecessary pumping of everyone's tax-dollars into an inefficient industry. And this continues because (A) no one is more "all American" than the mid-west farmers and taking their subsidies away would look un-American, and (B) they themselves constitute millions of votes, certainly enough to swing several states.

   The Emosnail Plan
   I propose that these patriotic farmers can still get the funds they need to keep on doin what the do and being all-American, if instead of paying them NOT to produce, the gov't BUYS that extra production they want off the market. We then ship this grain and wheat and what ev to developing countries who need the stuff.
   This way, the farmers are still getting the same amount of money, but its les fundamentally unfair because at least they're helping someone for the money, demand for their products in America stays the same, and people in the developing world are better off. The end.


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*the radio here is out now so I'm back to the music on my computer. Radio is probably just unplugged but I'm too lazy to check (asterix from current music).