Things we "can't afford" vs Things we "can afford"

[Preacher]

Amazing how that works.

 

[1stRambo]

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Amazing how that works.

Yo, you forgot some? If you people want Free Health Care? You can start here, by stopping this insanity!!!

In 2009, the U.S. federal government paid $12.3 billion to America's farmers. Even as farmers profit from increased demand, the government remains a major player in the food business.

The Atlantic has put together a list of the top nine products that the government most heavily subsidizes:

1. Corn
2. Wheat
3. Soybeans
4. Rice
5. Beer
6. Milk
7. Beef
8. Peanut Butter
9. Sunflower Oil

Corn, at the top of the list, raked in over $77 billion from the government between 1995 and 2010, and the subsidies have only been going up. There's a common belief that healthy food is inherently more expensive, and thus can only be for the wealthy. But in fact, healthy food could easily be more affordable for everyone, if not for agribusiness CEOs, their lobbyists and the politicians in their pockets.

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