REH wrote: > No, you read it Chris. I'm here and you are there. The removal of > American farm subsidies will create havoc for the environment as they will > not leave fields open but plow them all for the profit. Not meaning to be > grouchy but you missed my point.
Ok, now your point is clear, but it's still wrong. :-) I do not advocate the removal of farm subsidies -- the WTO does that. I advocate a *shift* from fatcat-feeding anti-environmental subsidies to small-scale-farming-supporting pro-environmental subsidies. You just have to look at the size and practices of American farms to see that American farm subsidies are in the first category. (or read e.g. the article at http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/11/27/1.html ) If you think they are in the second category, then *you* have "bought" the (fatcats') PR on American Farm Subsidies... Chris
