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To: Nateman

Please tell me about the money the US taxpayers have to put up to subsidize "Free trade". Do you know how much it is? Why is the subsidy of "free trade" ok to "free traders" when it applies to multinational corporations and foreign countries?


43 posted on 06/04/2005 12:35:55 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer
Why is the subsidy of "free trade" ok to "free traders" when it applies to multinational corporations and foreign countries?

Cognitive dissonance alert. As of 2004, nearly half of the "benefit" of the sugar price-support program has gone to one family conglomerate. Some of you here might remember the Fanjul family: on one occasion, as Bill Clinton was being "serviced" by Monica Lewinsky, Papa Fanjul rang the White House, and Bill Clinton took the call.

Nothing is funnier than watching a protectionist claim he's supporting the "family farmers," when he is truly driving the true family farmers out of business.

49 posted on 06/04/2005 10:01:41 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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