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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

I'm not convinced that most of Europe's agricultural production is so dependent on the CAP. While there are the smaller "traditional" farmers to consider, I don't see why the rest of us should subsidise their inefficient farming that can't stand without a subsidy. If they want to live the traditional lifestyle, let them have the poverty that goes with it, you can't have your cake and eat it.

Anyway, most of the CAP doesn't go to small farmers (it's paid by the acre) but to large ones, who don't really need the help.

The CAP also inordinately harms less developed nations, as they can't compete against the flood of cheap subsidized produce that comes out of the EU.

And is it fair that I have to pay French, Polish or, yes, Irish Farmers for them to produce goods that I may never want?

So my argument regarding the CAP, is that if a European farmer can't survive without the CAP, maybe they should get out of farming. Or modernize.

But as I said earlier, the most egregious problems with the CAP are already being dealt with, thankfully. I still disagree with carte blanche agricultural subsidies. The only measure I think the EU should take is to buy up food at market prices to stabilize the food supply in case of drought.

sounds like the US Farm pork bill that is bipartisanly pass every year.