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Because the legislators from tobacco states have a great deal of political clout. Most of them, subsidized in their elections by the tobacco companies, have been in office for a long time, and have become prominent on many committees and in other positions that control such issues.
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Is pure tobacco safer?
No tobacco is safe even if it's pure. However, if you are wanting to smoke, I would suggest organic tobacco
How often do people smoke?
Cigar, cigaret, chew on tobacco if you play sports never chew tobacco you are GOING to get KICKED OFF THE TEAM
What percent of Americans are addicted to tobacco?
47%
How do you tell if tobacco is counterfeit?
We can't imagine why anyone would go to the trouble of counterfeiting tobacco, but you should be able to tell when you smoke it. No buzz, no nicotine.
What is the most common substance abuse in the world?
Tobacco
Are subsidies to farmers considered entitlements llike social security and medicare?
Subsidies to farmers are a means to insure they can still make a profit when they sell their crops seasonally. Food is cheap, and as such, a farmer may or may not be able to make a living farming. so, no.
This New Deal program helped farmers through price support subsidies?
Agricultural Adjustment Act This New Deal program helped farmers through price support subsidies.
The New Deal Program helped farmers through price support subsidies?
Agricultural Adjustment Act was The New Deal Program helped farmers through price support subsidies.
Who grows tobacco in Maryland?
Tobacco farmers.
What foods do tobacco farmers produce?
They do not produce any edible products since tobacco farmers by definition grow tobacco.
Are farmers usually Democrats or republicians?
Democrats. The reason being is that the democratic party supports farm subsidies worth millions of dollars. The farmers (naturally) vote for the Democrats because they want to keep the subsidies. The farmers stay rich because of these subsidies that they get each year. Farming subsidies started in the 1930's Great Depression era by FDR. They were supposed to keep the farmers from starving to death in a time when there was little commercially available food. Nowadays, farmers just milk the system. Source: lived in a rural community in Kentucky for 5 years and all of the farmers voted Democrat.
What are the Pros and cons of agricultural subsidies?
Pros: - Subsidies would allow for farmers to compete with low-priced foreign imports - Subsidies would keep the cost of goods down - Subsidies would help farmers maintain a steady income, helping to protect them from variations in year-to-year income. (Such as a bad growing year. Some years, there are fewer crops that are produced, be it due to poor weather or other factors, and these loss of crops would dramatically harm a farmer's income. Subsidies would help make up this difference. Cons: -It costs a fortune (remember, we are in $14 trillion in debt) -Subsidies tend to go to larger farmers, who would not be threatened as much by a bad growing year. -subsidies would go against the free market
What recipients do the government subsidies are in place to protect the population rather to benefit the economy?
tobacco growers in the United States
The main thing the government has done to try to help farmers is to provide money to them in the form of?
invention subsidies
Was Maryland policy that required tobacco farmers to plant corn as well as tobacco right?
The Maryland policy that required tobacco farmers to plant corn as well as tobacco was for the good of all. Tobacco had become such a cash crop, people neglected to plant corn and the food was becoming scarce.
What is an effect of farm subsidies that pay farmers to take land out of cultivation?
Farmers use more pesticides on lands they do cultivate to make up for lost production.
What crop was veryimportant to the farmers of the colonial south?
Tobacco
