A Tale of Four Countries- Part 3: New Zealand and Agricultural Reform

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  July 25th at 03:46 PM  | 

For anyone who is an opponent of corporate welfare and pork, you must surely be aware that one of the most wasteful federal programs are “farm bills.” For anyone who believes in free market solutions to problems, especially as they apply to agriculture, you must surely be aware of the 1980s reforms in New Zealand. For any opponent of farm subsidies, New Zealand is the | Read More »

Too Big to Fail: The Agriculture Rackets

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 11:42 AM  | 

Remember 2008 and the meltdown in the financial sector? We heard the phrase “too big to fail” enter the political lexicon. It even led to a popular political movement- the Tea Party. The argument was that once the Federal government started to bail out banks with taxpayer money, it would open the spigot of federal intervention in other sectors of the economy that may not | Read More »