However, if I agree that the bank act as an intermediary and lend out the gold, that is a different situation.

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In response to the situation, Democrats want to gut the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act, which phases out subsidies in return for giving growers the flexibility to switch crops in response to changing markets.

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