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Essay Archive - Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil?
Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil?
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. In that book, the government gave money to farms so that they would
grow and sell a certain amount of crops. As a result, Steinbeck argued,
many people starved unnecessarily. Steinbeck examined farm subsidies from a
personal level, showing how they hurt the common man. Subsidies....
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