I wake up and find myself agreeing with Jimmy Carter.
Well, agreeing with everything except this sentence near the end, which nearly destroys his entire point:
Cotton production costs 73 cents per pound in the United States and only 21 cents per pound in West Africa, so American farmers do need protection in the international marketplace.
I have an idea: why don’t we buy our cotton from West Africa for a third of the price instead of subsidizing an unnecessary crop?
From a reader:
Cotton requires a lot of water. Why are we subsidizing a thirsty crop, while Georgia and Florida are contemplating a water war?