Name just one thing that America and the E.U could cut to start getting back on track financially

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BlkPaladin said:

Kasz216 said:
Farm subsidies.

Not only would it save us all kinds of money.

Food would become cheaper.

Actually it would make food more expensive, and drive thousands of farmers out of work driving the cost up more. You cannot make decent money off of farming anymore unless you are a mega farm. The smaller farms need the subsidies to be able to plant next season's crop.

The problem is abuses to the system. And it costs money to add oversight to make sure these abuses are not being done. But in the long run it should save money. Something else that would save money is centralizing the oversight since right now their are several departments that watch Sallie Mae and a lot of times they don't agree so nothing gets done. And they don't want their powers taken from them.

 

 Just to add to the above post, I see quite a few people come through and pay for McDonald's food with their welfare debit card. They are very noticeable .

 

The problem with farming is that the farmers are being abused by the companies they grow food for. For instance, constant, and unnecessary upgrades to facilates to keep the farmers in debt as they have to pick up the tab.

Farmers are traped for life to the companies they grow food for, free them from their companies so the farmers won't be in such debt, and the farmers with little land should be encouraged to move to the cities. The larger the farms the better, as less people will be stuck there.