between 1995 and 2012 the US government (us) paid cotton growers $35,174,096,310.00 in subsidies.
To keep their costs down and be able to charge less that other countries can sell for here.
http://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?f...rogcode=cotton
This arguement reminds me of my grandfather.
Every time cigarettes went up he'd say too much, I'm going to quit buying them.
He died at 72 with a cigarette in his hand.
In ten years we'll look back and think 16 bucks was a bargain. Which it is now, compared to what the rest
of the world pays.