Sir--
In regards to your editorial regarding foodstamps: what you fail to understand is that food stamps ARE an agricultural subsidy. The government is subsidizing food purchases! How do you think food stamps came into existence. Did Congress respond to the clamorings of the poverty-stricken? Not likely. Food stamps are for farmers!
And do you really think that food stamps do not "distort markets, heighten poverty in the Third World, and raise food prices for U.S. consumers"?
As for the ridiculous "food stamp diet" undertaken by grandstanding politicians, the food stamp program was never meant to pay for all the food purchased by an individual so the whole thing is a charade.
Sincerely,
Standard Oil
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