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I read 'An American Life, Ronald Reagan - the autobiography.' I thought that there would be no better way to learn about small government, free market conservatism than from the Gipper himself.
I was shocked to read this on pages 344 and 345.
"Through it all, the farmers who suffered most were those who had been encouraged to overproduce by the billions of dollars available in federal subsidies."
and,
"In the farm crisis of the mid-eighties we gave farmers more billions than any administration in history. I believed the government had an obligation to help bail out the victims, then to work to return farming to the free market."
Suddenly, 2013 is upon us. New year, similar issues, familiar players. But before we set our sights on the battles and controversies to come, let's cast our gaze backwards to the year that was. 2012 promised to be a politically consequential year, and it lived up to its billing, albeit with generally disappointing outcomes from a conservative perspective. The following is my personal take on the most significant political peaks and valleys from the past calendar year. Let's begin with the good stuff:
(3) Mitt Romney selects Paul Ryan as his running mate. Many conservatives viewed Mitt Romney's presidential...
And now, in the year 2012, with farm subsidy handouts and ethanol mandates peaked at $35 billion a year, are we any closer to a free market in agriculture?
hate fueled lies over and over? But since Leftism is Sybil's religion and because the core of
leftism is the denial of reality moron Sybil has no choice but to post lies. He is a leftist
religious zealot, and he holds his irrational beliefs more strongly than any Christian, Jew, or
Muslim.
Muslim.