(2003-07-13) Tim Bray Agriculture Subsidies

Tim Bray [on](http://tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/11/Afri Food) the evil of Agriculture subsidies. But there's more to it than that; in the European Union and North America, the Lobbyist-s for farm subsidies play the nostalgia card, imploring us to do what it takes to keep a way of life from vanishing. This plays on the fact that quite a few people have a sort of vague urban angst and think that somehow the honest farmer deserves special treatment.