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Originally Posted by Andy Asaro
One of us isn't making sense. I think I'll move on. Good luck.
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Just now realized you moved from automotive and the completely false tweet you shared. None of that stuff is taxed.
Didn't realize milk was your straw man. I linked NAFTA. Feel free to read the section on agriculture if you want. It's all covered in there. Their tariff exemptions and
ours.
Here's our subsidies and tariffs.
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• Federal Milk Marketing Order establishes four sets of products: liquid milk, ice cream and yogurt, cheese, butter and dry milk. Every month, the USDA sets a separate price for liquid milk in each of 10 established regions, with processors paying according to how it will be used. Each of the other product categories is given a nationwide price. This cartel system ensures limited competition and means that entrepreneurs are forbidden from selling below government mandated prices.
• Milk Price Support Program guarantees that the government will purchase any amount of cheese, butter, or nonfat dry milk from processors at a minimum price. This creates a steady demand and higher prices for dairy products.
• Milk Income Loss Contract Program distributes cash subsidies to milk producers when marketprices fall below a set limit. This program is the newest of the dairy programs, enacted for the first time in 2002.
• Tariff Rate Quotas impose a higher tariff rate on imports above a set volume limit. That limit is set at approximately 5% of US consumption, ensuring that US dairy producers are not threatened by overseas production.
• Dairy Export Incentive Program distributes cash subsidies to dairy producers who sell in foreign markets. This ensures that domestic producers have an incentive to sell abroad despite lower world prices.
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