tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487128531050281473.post4382971714258388644..comments2024-01-08T14:24:03.718+00:00Comments on Economics Essays: 10 Reasons to Stop Subsidising CottonTejvan Pettingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03405988099792035111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487128531050281473.post-62307486509774257232009-11-22T04:00:23.321+00:002009-11-22T04:00:23.321+00:00Subsidies if continued for too long will only mean...Subsidies if continued for too long will only mean a cost to consumers and for a free economy we have to bite the bullet and do things that are not favored by some for the good of the majority.Gerald Leehttp://reversephonename.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487128531050281473.post-6076184026781196912008-08-05T15:50:00.000+01:002008-08-05T15:50:00.000+01:00Your assertion that a pound of cotton can be produ...Your assertion that a pound of cotton can be produced in Burkina Faso for 12 pence vs. 42 pence in the United States is completely incorrect. I have been in the cotton business all my life and have worked in West Africa as well as the US and South America. <BR/><BR/>If your incorrect production cost number were true, West African Farmers should then have benefitted greatly over the past decade Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com