"In the Obama era, big business seems to prefer sure profits guaranteed by government to the risks of competition." http://m.weeklystandard.com/articles/crony-capital_794962.html …
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@ryangrim we produced food for centuries before ag subsidies. We built houses for decades before Fannie and mortgage deduction. -
@conncarroll which centuries? Feudalism? Slavery? Name a single century capitalism produced food without government support -
@ryangrim is it your understanding that slavery and feudalism are capitalist systems? -
@conncarroll not feudalism, but yes the US was capitalist in the 1800s and had slavery. So name one century the free market alone made food -
@ryangrim I would argue slavery was crony capitalist and the market was MUCH freezer without it. -
@conncarroll right! So when is your mythical period of a free market creating food on its own? Ag subsidies came shortly after slavery ended -
@ryangrim false. New Deal was decades after slavery. -
@conncarroll but not close to a century. So wanna revise your claim? - 9 more replies
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@ryangrim Name any sector and I will tell you how govt interference is worse today. I could write a whole book.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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