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Correction: W did this to give more power to agribusinesses and large-scale farmers who were drifting towards democratic socialism.

The market price is destabilized and undercut by government subsidies who put most farmers in the unenviable position of taking corporate welfare in order to make a living.

If the government got out of the business of picking winners and losers, and deciding who to rain money on and who to starve, the corn would be more expensive and sugar cane would be cheaper.



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