Subsidies Quotes

You won't have to pay subsidies. And these fields could probably become a healthy salt marsh, rather than poor farmland. - Richard Klein

You absolutely need to have action on ending the outrageous U.S. and EU subsidies, ending the escalating (import) tariffs. - Harriet Lamb

What was the Republican answer to the hurricanes? More subsidies to the oil industry. - John Dingell

What I thought it was going to be was a self-sustaining program once you got over the initial start-up period. It's not at all self-sustaining and requires massive subsidies for a relatively small number of people. - Rep. Richard Woodbury

We want a comprehensive package that covers export subsidies, tariffs and overall levels of support. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is making central to his summit speech that he wants to abolish all export subsidies. It is up to him to push the European Union in that direction, and the U.S. needs to reciprocate. - Kevin Watkins

We think the report in fact shows that the subsidies are a great thing for us. Do the math and you will see that every dollar invested with Wal-Mart has returned more than $30 for the community. We expect to see lots of other local governments will be asking for that $30 deal. - Mona Williams

We need to be careful. We don't want to increase the number of people and find out that we have to take away their subsidies. - Joseph Martino

We must work together in the Doha (WTO) negotiations to eliminate agricultural subsidies that distort trade and stunt development, and to eliminate tariffs and other barriers to open markets for farmers around the world. - George W Bush

We hope advanced countries will reduce their trade barriers and their farm subsidies so as to provide a bigger market for developing countries. - Jin Renqing