Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil?
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Subsidies are payments, economic concessions, or privileges given by
the government to favor businesses or consumers. In the 1930s, subsidies
were designed to favor agriculture. John Steinbeck expressed his dislike of
the farm subsidy system of the United States in his book, The Grapes of
Wrath. ....
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.... In 1916, the number of people living on farms was at its
maximum at 32,530,000. Most of these farms were relatively small (Reische
51). Technological advances in the 1920's brought a variety of effects. The
use of machinery increased productivity while reducing the need for as many
farm laborers. The industrial boom of the 1920s drew many workers off the
farm and into the cities. Machinery, while increasing productivity,
was very expensive. Demand for food, though, stayed rela ....
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