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In ca.politics phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) said: 
 
 
> 
>Rice in Japan is around 15 times MORE expensive to produce than in
America. I  
>can buy 10 kilos of rice and FEDEX it to Japan and it would still be much
much  
>cheaper. 
> 
 
 
 
This is true. The point I'm trying to make is that the economy is distorted
to not really value the components of products the way it should be. This
example is perhaps one of the best. Much of the rice that is grown in
California is done with substantial subsidies by the government. The water
to grow it is sold to them at far below the market value. We could not grow
rice in this state at the rate we do if it were not for this. Secondly rice
growing in Japan is subjected to much govermnent control. Actually I don't
think you can sell rice in Japan (maybe they have changed that and I am
wrong). It seems obvious that there is something wrong with a system that
allows one to expend all of the energy to ship it across the planet and
grow it using diverted water and still come to the conclusion that it is
cheaper. If we were to eliminate the government intervention I think we
would see a much different picture.: