@random_eddie No. Money is fungible. Every penny "spent" on those tax credits didn't go somewhere else.
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@Popehat It's not a pure cost to PA, the way that agriculture subsidies are a pure cost to the national government.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Popehat But that's only true because the business PA gets is business lost by some other state.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@random_eddie@Popehat by that logic might ag subsidies not be a net win for US, importing ag from elsewhere?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@random_eddie@Popehat are they not? Land isn't, but trade in ag goods means Japan can specialize in cars, US in beef.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@random_eddie@Popehat Forbid trade in food, and Japan converts some forest to farms, US converts some farms to forest. QED: Ag IS mobile1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MorlockP@Popehat The ag subsidies make the US as a whole poorer. The PA subsidies (could potentially) make PA as a whole better.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@random_eddie @Popehat I fail to see how you're distinguishing ag from movies. Both steal business from elsewhere.
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