tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post3370759726396686789..comments2024-03-28T09:14:52.110+00:00Comments on Sinclair's Musings: The Quality of Life report and the Common Agricultural PolicyMatthew Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948452770723874618noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-42174756640010297402007-11-07T20:16:00.000+00:002007-11-07T20:16:00.000+00:00www.commonagpolicy.blogspot.coman excellent websit...www.commonagpolicy.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>an excellent website<BR/>an excellent platform to generate a wider debate about the CAP, so as to inform every European tax payer on where their taxes are going<BR/><BR/>blog by<BR/>Wyn GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-35139055554064930082007-11-07T20:12:00.000+00:002007-11-07T20:12:00.000+00:00www.farmsubsidy.organ excellent and thought provok...www.farmsubsidy.org<BR/><BR/>an excellent and thought provoking website<BR/>a must for every European tax payer, and person you believes in transparency and democracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-34714628179265817402007-11-07T20:10:00.000+00:002007-11-07T20:10:00.000+00:00a must read,WHO OWNS THE WORLDThe hidden facts beh...a must read,<BR/><BR/>WHO OWNS THE WORLD<BR/>The hidden facts behind landownership<BR/><BR/>by <BR/>Kevin Cahill<BR/><BR/>get it out of the library, etc<BR/><BR/>excellent on the CAPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-78113726842439648302007-11-07T20:05:00.000+00:002007-11-07T20:05:00.000+00:00The EU should give every citizen a say in the CAP,...The EU should give every citizen a say in the CAP, most people are not aware of it, and what little they do know is spin, "food security" aka protectionismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-33648356919064007212007-11-07T20:01:00.000+00:002007-11-07T20:01:00.000+00:00Farmers and landowners in New Zealand receive no g...Farmers and landowners in New Zealand receive no grants or subsidies to look after the land and environment, we the European tax payers are conditioned into thinking that we have to give subsidies and grants through the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme in order prevent environmental destruction and pollution by farmers, we are held to ransom once moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-90797539999775541472007-11-07T19:51:00.000+00:002007-11-07T19:51:00.000+00:00The farming lobby group are putting their interest...The farming lobby group are putting their interests ahead of the interests of the rest of the European tax payers, this is especially evident in the World Trade Organistaion talks with regard to DOHAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-69272431840233188042007-11-07T19:48:00.000+00:002007-11-07T19:48:00.000+00:00The CAP was created by an overly infulential farmi...The CAP was created by an overly infulential farming / landowning lobby group, they are finacially very well resourced and have positioned themselves in politics to protect their interestsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-17943761404461718772007-11-07T19:45:00.000+00:002007-11-07T19:45:00.000+00:00The Common Agricultural Policy should be dismantle...The Common Agricultural Policy should be dismantled, it only serves to enhance the wealth of landowners, it makes food more expensive for European tax payers, by restricting production and putting up barriers to food importation, New Zealand has no subsidies etc. and their food is excellentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-20884973691923406542007-09-16T16:26:00.000+01:002007-09-16T16:26:00.000+01:00...This is colossally important. The CAP impoveris......This is colossally important. The CAP impoverishes Third World farmers, increases domestic food prices and, perhaps most importantly, constitutes a massive stumbling block for every WTO round...<BR/><BR/>Precisely, Mr.S.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com