Ideas on Liberty, October 1st, 2001
Several years ago, just after Congress had finally killed the federal mohair subsidy, I interviewed a lobbyist for the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. He told me he was confident Congress would restore the program in the next session. Why? Because it wasn't fair that other agricultural interests had subsidies and the goat ranchers didn't. Never mind that subsidizing the production of mohair (originally, it is alleged, to ensure an adequate supply of warm uniforms for American soldiers in a war with the Soviet Union) is about as dumb a subsidy as one can imagine, so dumb that the Repu...
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