On 12/30/2011 4:35 PM, Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
> I thought I would mention that Ron Paul, one of the American Republican candidates, has stated that he will end all US government grain-subsidies to American farmers. ... the possibility of having a libertarian US President who is in favour of raw foods and who is against subsidising intensive grainfeeding of animals is absolutely wonderful a prospect for me, quite aside from all of his other policies.
I haven't heard anything specific about this, so I may be off base here,
but my guess is he wouldn't be ending grain subsidies because he favors
paleo foods, but because there is *zero* constitutional authority for
the federal government to be subsidizing private industry.
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Robert Kesterson
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