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The left has been saying this for years.

I believe farm subsidies are a gift from the Dems, continued because anyone who would mess with them is criticized for being against the American farmer.  Behind Soc Sec, it’s the other third rail of American politics.  The conservatives have been wanting to get rid of farm subsidies since they were instituted.  This was all about the Dems protecting the small farmer from the “evil corporate farms”.  You know who hates corporations, don’t you?

who are you kidding, the farm bill is a bi-partisan supported bill that has the backing of big ag, much more than small farmers

First Graeme says this:

The left has been saying this for years.

Then he says this:

the farm bill is a bi-partisan supported bill that has the backing of big ag, much more than small farmers

So which is it?  Are leftists against farm subsidies or are all our politicians just a bunch of pandering jerks?

What surprises me is that you would say leftists oppose subsidies.  Your hero Evo down in South America, Graeme, is busy nationalizing industry.  What is the nationalization of industry if not taking subsidies to an extreme?

You support subsidies, you just want to pretend like you don’t.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

Barney is pretty sharp for an old liberal…I enjoyed his genteel slapping of Secretary Snow over Snow’s claim that real wages are rising in America.

all of are politicians are pandering jerks.

Morales ran on a renegotiation of the contracts with gas companies. When he got elected, he kept his word. YPFB, the state owned petrol company, still pays foreign companies for their services, it is just that a larger share goes back to the Bolvivian government in the form of higher taxes. This is what the Bolivians overwhelmingly voted for. This is what Morales ran on. These companies had been making a killing while Bolivia remained dirt poor, Morales is the first leader to do what the people elected him to do.

Morales is a communist who will end up declaring himself President for life and controlling all aspects of his citizens’ lives with an iron fist.

Socialism begets totalitarianism.  It happens every single time.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

Rob— Thanks for calling a spade a spade.  Too many people are afraid to utter the word, communist out of unfounded fear of McCarthyism.