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0 pointspydry2y ago0 comments

>The consequence of this would be that the subsidized food gets exported to a country that doesn't tax it, at which point you're subsidizing some other country's food.

If theyre smart they won't take this shit either.

Nice of you to let Americans sacrifice their health on $othercountry's behalf though.

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AnthonyMouse2y ago

> If theyre smart they won't take this shit either.

What do you suppose the chances are of 100% of other countries imposing a similar tax on this type of food?

> Nice of you to let Americans sacrifice their health on $othercountry's behalf though.

Stop subsidizing it and you don't have to tax the subsidy back out.

pydryOP2y ago

>What do you suppose the chances are of 100% of other countries imposing a similar tax

Quite high. Agricultural dumping is typically frowned upon even more than regular dumping. Half of the reason for the WTO's existence was to get countries to stop being so trigger happy about doing this.

AnthonyMouse2y ago

You think the chances are "quite high" of all other countries doing this? There are several countries that inherently have to import food because they don't have enough arable land to feed their population.

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AnthonyMouse2y ago

> If theyre smart they won't take this shit either.

What do you suppose the chances are of 100% of other countries imposing a similar tax on this type of food?

> Nice of you to let Americans sacrifice their health on $othercountry's behalf though.

Stop subsidizing it and you don't have to tax the subsidy back out.

pydryOP2y ago

>What do you suppose the chances are of 100% of other countries imposing a similar tax

AnthonyMouse2y ago

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