The biggest subsidy for corn producers is ethanol. Cutting the subsidisation of ethanol would see corn prices drop and therefore production costs of Coca-cola drop. Cutting corn subsidies makes junk food cheaper.
^ Didn’t the ethanol subsidies expire a couple of years ago?
The pure subsidy expired at the end of 2011, but US legislation mandates (Renewable Fuel Standard) that refineries use a minimum amount of corn based ethanol every year. Regulatory subsidy.
This was floating around facebook and reminded me of this thread…
http://m.tickld.com/x/15-dead-giveaways-that-somebody-is-american-7-is-priceless
That is possibly the most positive of these lists that I have seen.
I had a friend who - after studying in the US and in France - came up with the following observations: the Americans are a lot more ignorant of the rest of the world, but are willing to listen to you and learn. The French think they already know everything, and although hey are more informed than the average American, no amount of discussion or arguing will educate them any further.
I thought that was an interesting observation.