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agentmancuso
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Off with their subsidies!I'm not keen in agricultural subsidies at all, but this has to be regarded as a step in the right direction:
| Quote: | EU threatens to slash huge annual payments to Britain's wealthiest landowners
Some of Britain's wealthiest landowners, including the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Westminster, would see their farm subsidies drastically reduced under plans by Brussels to impose, for the first time, a cap on the amount of money that individual farmers can claim.
The proposal, being drawn up by the European Commission, is the first attempt in years to tackle the scandal of giant agri-businesses and millionaire barley barons – as opposed to smallholders and family farmers – being the chief beneficiaries of the Common Agricultural Policy. The plans, due to be submitted for consultation with EU member states on 20 November, will suggest that some of the largest payments to super-rich landowners and industrial farms could be reduced by as much as 45 per cent. |
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azzuri
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Good. I've seen too many stories of farmers screwing the system for their own ends, thus the honest ones lose out.
Getting rid of the subsidies would mean that we'd be charged less tax and the farmers would charge a 'fair' price for their produce.
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