25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings - Brief article

"The only beneficiaries of any farm subsidy are domestic farmers. Home consumers lose. Foreign consumers lose. Foreign producers lose. Taxpayers everywhere lose. The environment loses. Debt-ridden Third World countries lose. Pleasing farms--and satisfying a vague need for 'food self-sufficiency'--is the only reason for agricultural subsidies."

--Marty Zupan, "The Farm Barrier"

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