Subsidies Quotes
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This legislation will cut subsidies substantially; millions of people will lose health insurance, but certainly people will be worse off.
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At the very least, people who get subsidies should have to get up in the morning and do something, even if it's a make work job. But most liberals would oppose even this simple test of responsibility.
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Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.
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As Indonesia confronts its subsidies, and as other countries begin to move prices closer to market levels, it takes some of the incentives for smuggling out.
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Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.
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Subsidies are a shell game, not a net addition to national wealth.
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Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn't paid at the cash register, it's charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of subsidies. And it's charged to your health.
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One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.
