I will continue putting bullets through my foot as long as my opponent pledges to do the same

The setting: CNN/YouTube Republican Debate

The question (#11): will you eliminate farm subsidies?

The answer (from Giuliani and Romney): blah, blah, energy independence, blah, can't rely on other countries to supply our food, blah blah, NOT UNTIL EUROPE REDUCES THEIR OWN EVEN LARGER SUBSIDIES.

That'll show 'em.

European governments punish their own people by confiscating the equivalent of billions of dollars in tax revenues and putting it toward the propping up of inefficient, expensive farms. They could simply let European citizens select their own food based on price and quality, but they don't. As a response, the US government turns around and does the exact same thing to Americans. Fantastic.

Sort of like a hostage negotiator who grabs someone off the street and shouts into the hijacked building, "LET THE PRISONERS GO ...OR THIS POOR BASTARD GETS IT!"