Farmers within a country are often protected by tariffs - that is, special taxes on imported food. Such policies are necessary, and should be implemented wherever possible.To what extent do you agree with this?

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Farmers within a country are often protected by tariffs - that is, special taxes on imported food. Such policies are necessary, and should be implemented wherever possible.
To what extent do you agree with this?

My own country, Australia, has a long and rich agricultural history, and in that time, fairly stringent ‘tariff walls’ were often erected* to protect local industry and domestic food production. Whilst they are politically appealing, I nevertheless hold the view that such systems are unnecessary and ill-advised.
My main objection is that tariffs foster inefficient and uncompetitive farming practices, which are ultimately unsustainable. When farmers can rest complacently* in the assurance that foreign foodstuffs are excluded from the market, they have no incentive to streamline their own production. This inevitably leads to a bloated* and sluggish* industry, lagging behind other countries. A prime example is the heavily subsidised* British coalmining industry of the mid-1980s. Despite great public turmoil, this was eventually rationalised* by the then Prime Minister, Thatcher, in a bitter campaign, but one which history has long since vindicated.*
Another reason against agricultural tariffs is their unfairness to consumers, who must indirectly pay for this system. Tariffs are governmental decisions, usually in response to lobby* groups with political clout.* Yet farmers are not a privileged* breed, and however much their industry might resonate* with culture, history, or heritage,* they should be as much at the mercy of market forces as others. If Brazilian oranges, for example, can be purchased more cheaply, shoppers have the right to this access,* and prohibiting this is just blatantly* undemocratic.
Farmers, in particular, would argue that tariffs make local production viable, thus guaranteeing food security in unstable times. However, this argument is glib* and unconvincing. In a globalised world, gridded with efficient networks of trade and transportation, nations with paying markets can always secure* commodities from others, irrespective* of distance. My wife, for example, has purchased cherries from Chile, and online at that; the goods find their way to reach us with a mouse-click’s convenience, which illustrates a reality that all, including farmers, must accept.
For all these reasons, the agricultural industry should not be benefited by tariffs.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...nate* with culture, history, or heritage,* they should be as much at the mercy of ...
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..., shoppers have the right to this access,* and prohibiting this is just blatantly*...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, nevertheless, so, then, thus, for example, in particular

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 24.0651302605 108% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 41.998997996 81% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1894.0 1615.20841683 117% => OK
No of words: 324.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.84567901235 5.12529762239 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.22073188182 2.80592935109 115% => OK
Unique words: 213.0 176.041082164 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.657407407407 0.561755894193 117% => OK
syllable_count: 568.8 506.74238477 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 0.809619238477 618% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 71.4394634553 49.4020404114 145% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.285714286 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1428571429 20.7667163134 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.28571428571 7.06120827912 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.67935871743 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.150386000724 0.244688304435 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0463830547305 0.084324248473 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0270494187971 0.0667982634062 40% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0801476171035 0.151304729494 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0288771905092 0.056905535591 51% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.7 13.0946893788 135% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 31.21 50.2224549098 62% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.95 12.4159519038 137% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.63 8.58950901804 124% => OK
difficult_words: 120.0 78.4519038076 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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