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Originally Posted by krynski
At least with the quota system, the farmer that has been farming throughout his life has a guaranteed price for his product.
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How is this reasonable. I have been an engineer all my life I demand that the government guarentee a price for my services. That statement is ridiculous. And its just as bad for Dairy.
Our import tarrif on Milk and milk products is over 200%. That means that of the $5 per gallon I pay $1.33 for the milk and 2.66 in subsidy for the farmer. I buy 3 gallons a week of milk so 7.50 per week or over $350 per year just so a milk farmer can continue to be inefficient.
I have linked a study below comparing New Zeland to Canada. In both New Zealand and Canada the net worth of Milk farmers is 2 million dollars. The average net worth of a Canadian famliy per the study is 300k. So I ask why is the average Canadian subsidising the wealthy Canadians.
http://www.ifmaonline.org/pdf/journa...d1_Painter.pdf