I'm still on the fence about how much it actually benefits the consumers. On one hand, I hate the idea of government control. On the other, how cheap does corn need to be?? On the Other Other hand, screw corn, let's get Coca-Cola back on cane sugar. HFCS is evil!
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Ryan McCain <[email protected]> wrote: > Govt. price fixing on imports/exports doesn't keep prices competitive and > only destroys are agriculture. It only makes the prices for international > goods and services for the consumer more expensive. If Coca-Cola can > purchase corn (for corn syrup) from Mexico at half the price than it could > from a company in Iowa but the govt. lays a tarrif on all corn imports from > Mexico to make it more expensive, then Coca-Cola will buy the more expensive > corn from Iowa. All that does is artifically keep prices high for > consumers. Protectionism and price controls ALWAYS result in more govt. > power/control and less consumer buying power. > > http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard125.html<http://www.isil.org/resources/lit/free-trade-protectionism.html> > > > http://www.mises.org > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Tim Fournet > *Sent:* Monday, March 08, 2010 2:10 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights > > > The government heavily controls imports and exports of goods, especially > weapons, raw materials, and food with taxes, quotas, and restrictions. There > are a lot of reasons for this, including making it possible to sustain our > own agriculture and keep prices competitive with other countries. That said, > Ray's point about the government not having the balls to focus on the real > issue is something I totally agree with. If the US has a problem with human > rights violations by foreign governments, they need to tackle the issue > head-on -- not attack the liberties of our own people instead. > > This reminds me of the old "war by proxy" mentality of making somebody else > fight your battles for you so you can keep your own hands clean. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
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