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Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order

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RogueOne11/09/2011 4:17:42 am PST

re: #12 Obdicut

I understand why he got so many downdings, unnecessary partisanship. I happen to be taking them to task for 2 reasons, one for choosing one industry over another. Secondly, for getting involved in increased pricing that does not help the consumer.

Your view on economics needs some revision. You cannot pretend that subsidies, cost controls, taxes, and regulations play no role in the price of goods. Everything I listed up thread (milk, grain, sugar) are all artificially high thanks to government intervention and trade policies. Those prices may help the industry but it doesn’t help the consumer. With all the OWS protests going on all around the country it’s weird to find people defending the governments role in propping up corporations/industries when that help hurts consumers.