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  Funny how the Republicans are so much against paying $15/mo
  for welfare moms, yet are so much in favor of things like
  Cowboy Welfare, Rich Boy Welfare, and are so anti-environmental, 
  isn't it?  Why is that? 
  
  Just suppose for a moment that there were a Party for the
  Rich.   How would they vote in these matters?  An in matters
  of increasing police powers, Motor Voter, minimum wages, 
  unions and taxes?   How would they vote???   It's simple 
  economics, isn't it?  Who could blame them?  
  
  Like duh!  Wake up, people...  <laughing...>
   
   Yep, Erika Karagouni wrote to All on 23 Dec 95  19:01:19 
    about:   Re: "The Rancher Subsidy" (Atlantic Monthly):

K> From: erika@informix.com (Erika Karagouni)

K> todd@linex.com (Todd Ourston) wrote:
 >The January issue of The Atlantic magazine has an article on page 26 that 
 >should interest those who have been following U.S. cattle grazing 
 >policies and the economic and environmental harm that results.  The title 
 >is "The Rancher Subsidy."  Here's a passage to give you an idea of what's 
 >in store:
 
 >"Perhaps it's a comment on human nature that the ranching community
 >generally despises government interference, considering itself a paragon
 >of American independence and self-sufficiency.  As proof, some ranchers
 >boast that theirs is the only major agricultural industry that survives
 >without a government subsidy.  `How can it be a subsidy when we're paying
 >the government to use it?' Alisa Harrison, a National Cattlemen's
 >Association spokesperson, asked me. 

 Well, we could also ask why the Republicans voted as a block to
 to keep charging them less (subsidizing) for grazing "rights".
 And we could ask how in the hell the League of Private Property
 Voters ("Wise Use") consider that and mining and logging subsidies 
 to be "private property" issues.....  But that would require looking
 at the facts, and not just the lables, wouldn't it??  Like, 
 as in getting educated????  Like in reality???  Ignoring the
 Limbaughtomyville propaganda and sound bites???  Eeeek!  NO!
 NOT THAT!!!!!  (Everything is simple, clear, and makes sense in 
 Limbaughtomyville.  -  Screw reality!)  Never challenge a dittohead
 parrot's "EIB Diploma", it's all he has....  

K> [snipped ... 3 types of subsidy explained]

K> The biggest subsidy and which was not included, is grain,
K> water and fuel subsidies. 
K> Most of the US corn (80%), soy (90%) and alfalfa (100%) 
K> production goes for animal feed. More than half of all water
K> consumed in the US is used for lifestock production. And
K> almost half of all energy used in the US goes to lifestock. 
K> This includes the energy used to produce the grains, pump
K> the water etc. So, we can conclude that part of the military
K> budget (protecting the oil supplies etc) is also a subsidy
K> for the cattle industry. 

K> - erika

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