--- Alex wrote: > Yes, I believe that the majority of the American public supports > farm subsidies.
Why do corporations, lawyers, unions, and other interests provide candidates and elected representatives with millions of dollars of funds and favors if they just vote to satisfy the median voter? Is the literature on rent seeking empirically irrelevant? For example, if the typical American favors subsidies to sugar farmers and does not mind if the domestic price is over twice the world price, and does not care much if candy-making jobs are moving to Canada, why do sugar farmers contribute funds to candidates if the representatives would vote for the subsidy anyway? Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
