"In 1996, free market Republicans and budget-cutting Democrats offered
farmers a deal: accept a cut in farm subsidies and, in return, the
government would promote exports in new trade deals with Latin
America and in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and eliminate
restrictions on planting decisions. In economic terms, farmers were
asked to take on risks heretofore assumed by the government in
exchange for deregulation and the promise of increased exports. . . .
http://epinet.org PDF version available gratis
mbs
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Quite a bit of the hot air on this China PNTR deal has been directed at
the American farmer. The corporate propagandists have been painting the
China PNTR deal as a bonanza for the American farmer. Guess what just a
cursory read of the pro-PNTR propaganda from the Agriculture Department
blows big holes in this pro-China PNTR hype.
I wonder who else has caught this?
Tom Lehman