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Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil?
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Subsidies are payments, economic concessions, or privileges given by
the government to favor businesses or consumers. In the 1930s, subsidies
were designed to favor agriculture. John Steinbeck expressed his dislike of
the farm subsidy system of the United States in his book, The Grapes of
Wrath. ....
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....armers were
forced to consolidate to compete. Fewer, larger farms resulted (Reische 51).
During the Depression, unemployment grew while income shrank. "An extended
drought had aggravated the farm problem during the 1930s (Reische 52)."
Congress, to counter this, passed price support legislation to assure a
profit to the farmers. The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of
1936 allowed the government to limit acreage use for certain soil-depleting
crops. The Agricultural Marketing Agreeme.... |
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