Rice Subsidies in United States , in some cases give several hundred
thousand dollars to "investor farmers" to not grow a crop , thus
increasing the world price , as well as permit usa growers to undercut
all other rice growers who eventually stop growing rice as they can
not compete and that leaves the other country totally at the mercy of
USA military , no food =3D no eat , so do as you are told
Rice Subsidies in United States totaled $11.0 billion from 1995-2006.
http://farm.ewg.org/farm/progdetail.php?fips=3D00000&progcode=3Drice
mericans pay for the rice program three times over=97as taxpayers, as
con=ACsumers, and as workers.
Direct taxpayer subsidies to the rice sector have averaged $1 billion
a year since 1998 and are projected to average $700 million a year
through 2015. Tariffs on im****ted rice drive up prices for consumers,
and the rice program imposes a drag on the U.S. economy gener=ACally
through a misallocation of resources. Rice payments tend to be
concentrated among a small number of large producers.
Globally, U.S. policy drives down prices for rice . Those lower
prices, in turn, perpetuate poverty and hard****p for millions of rice
farmers in developing countries, undermining our broader interests and
our standing in the world. The U S. program also leaves the United
States vulnerable to chal=AClenges in the World Trade Organization.
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