An easy way to help the poor around the world and save money in America:

I agree...end the subsidies...think of the money our government could save each year. But if food prices go up around the world...you know the poor will then starve because they can't afford the higher prices for food.

I agree, but for another reason. We need to start cutting our national spending/debt, not just raise our spending levels and freeze them there as Obama proposes -- in selected areas. Ending subsidies is one of many things we need to do to cut spending.

The price of American food has gotten low? I don't agree with that and I also don't agree that farm subsidies should be completely done away with. Farmers are at the mercy of the weather and a single event...drougth...flooding...hurricane or tropical storm...can wipe out an entire crop. Disease and insects can also do the same. If a farmer has little or nothing to bring to market, he receives little or no money for that year. Surviving the upcoming year depends on your harvest so how does a small to medium size farmer afford to plant next year's crop if this year's crops have been destroyed? Subsidies also help farmers who are forced by foreign competitors to sell too low, guaranteeing that they receive enough funds to allow them to plant next year's crop. There is a ceiling on subsidies...large commercial operations do not receive them...but small and medium size agricultural operations do need them or they will be driven out of business. If that happens the free market will consist mainly of foreign grown produce, putting this country at the mercy of outside interests in yet another area.