The US Government uses taxpayers money to subsidize and incredible number of industries like: Petroleum, Insurance, Tobacco, and Financial industries. Not to mention the Farm and Lumber industries. If it is an American industry, it is subsidized somewhere along the line and their competitive edge and the desire to excel is taken from them with free government money. And, there is a well heeled army of lobbyist at work in Washington making sure corruption occurs.
We support a drug industry to help sell narcotics addicting our people on a drug, (Nicotine) for a lifetime of addiction. Yet, we have laws against selling marijuana in every state of the union. Then in crease the prices of a pack of cigarettes hoping to stop the addiction. Why are we subsidizing this industry? It makes no sense. However, it is a huge industry, big business, and their lobbyist control the legislation with their money, power, and corruption. That is why!
How can we have the morals to do this, how can we claim we have a free market exchange when the competitive field is not level, because some industries receive a an unfair advantage by lucrative government subsidizes. And most legislators do not have the guts to make selling a narcotic like nicotine, or its use against the law no matter what the delivering mechanism.
We will not have a "free market economy" as long as subsidies are offered to favored industries and pushed by their lobbyist, Senators and Representatives in their states. Intill subsidies are not given by the government, the talk of a "free market economy" is just bullshit in a nice wrapping of pure rhetoric.
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