POLITICAL: Subsidies and tariffs disclosurer!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/07/your-handout-to-agribusiness.html

Your Handout to Agri-Business
07/09/2009 10:31 AM
John Stossel

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The Atlantic’s James Gibney has this suggestion:

Every product whose ingredients benefit from a subsidy should include the following language on the label:

“This product has been subsidized by the U.S. government at taxpayer expense. For more information, please visit usda.gov.”

And every product that benefits from tariff protection should have the following language on the label:

“This product is protected from foreign competition by U.S. import tariffs. Its price is higher as a result. For more information, please visit usitc.gov.”

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