"According to the study, a whopping $17 billion of the total $260 billion the government spent subsidizing agriculture went to just four common food [additives]: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch and soy oils. By comparison, the government spent just $261 million subsidizing apples, and far less still supporting fruits and vegetables, like spinach, broccoli and blueberries, that public health experts say encourage better health. To put things in perspective, the PIRG study said that, if the government had given taxpayers the subsidies instead of the farmers, each one would have been given $7.36 to spend on junk food and just 11 cents to spend on apples a year. This is a key factor that makes junk food [less] expensive than healthy food -- and, by extension, that makes many Americans obese." huffingtonpost/2011/09/22/farm-subsidies-junk-food_n_975711.html ( [] = I corrected their typos. )
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 08:32:26 +0000
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