tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post8971130125140375168..comments2024-03-20T08:43:10.308-07:00Comments on Common Agricultural Policy: Subsidies 97 per cent of farm profitWyn Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-45611296443593510152008-02-02T13:33:00.000-08:002008-02-02T13:33:00.000-08:00Maintaining the CAP protects less than 5% of the E...Maintaining the CAP protects less than 5% of the EU population at the cost to the other 95%.<BR/><BR/>Stopping the CAP would benefit more than 95% of the EU population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-51294831446111411862008-02-02T13:28:00.000-08:002008-02-02T13:28:00.000-08:00Removing quotas and allowing free trade would bene...Removing quotas and allowing free trade would benefit the EU economy, food inflation would decrease, this would increase the ability of the ECB to reduce interest rates, this would also make EU companies more competitive and stimulate our economy, creat jobs, and the world economies could agree on the WTO talks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-1592365122438426892008-02-02T13:23:00.000-08:002008-02-02T13:23:00.000-08:00High level EU agriculture talks in Poland,it guara...High level EU agriculture talks in Poland,<BR/>it guarantees a minimum price to producers and imposes more import tariffs and quotas.<BR/>What about the consumers whose taxes are used to provide this protectionism to EU farmers?<BR/>I thought that the European Central Bank was concerned about inflation, "agflation", food prices are increasing significantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-47075928251275868572008-02-01T15:34:00.000-08:002008-02-01T15:34:00.000-08:00With significant agflation, now is the perfect tim...With significant agflation, now is the perfect time to end the CAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com