France’s answer to global food crisis is EU protectionism...blames free market
Submitted by Susan on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 08:46
...."With deft political timing, the French Agriculture Minister blamed economic liberalism and “too much trust in the free market” for the soaring cost of food.
He said: “We must not leave the vital issue of feeding people to the mercy of market laws and international speculation.”
The unwinding of the financial subsidies and quotas in the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy is vigorously opposed by France but supported by Britain and the Nordic countries. The French Government is expected to push forward its arguments in favour of greater food security when it assumes the EU presidency in July. "
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3746899.ece
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Wow!
The French have learned from history! At least he is not saying "let them eat cake."
deliberate manipulation
We haven't had free markets......there are all kinds of manipulations. How can they be so blind to see this? There is no system as fair as a free market system, but it truly has to be free. I see the same thing being said about the housing bubble which was caused by THE FED! That's not free market! If the market is free you have even distribution. Only when someone abuses it should there be an intervention and it should be focused directly on the abuser. Just like the law system when someone abuses my liberty, that person and that person only should be focused on. Not whole sections of people or whole markets....this is nuts, more lies and they are getting harder to defend against. Why does the whole world seem to want to devolve into a bee hive mentality? The only thing that advances us is our individuality combined with cooperation.
"Endless money forms the sinews of war." - Cicero, www.freedomshift.blogspot.com
Of course we in the U.S.
Also subsidize the hell out of agricultural products as well as the stupid ethanol.