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You realise food is cheap because of taxes/subsidies. If we had to pay the true cost of food it would be expensive. And the politician that did wouldn't be like
by dalore 10y ago
You realise food is cheap because of taxes/subsidies. If we had to pay the true cost of food it would be expensive. And the politician that did wouldn't be liked much as well.
- jws 10y agoTotal USDA agricultural subsidies amount to $0.10/capita/day. It adds up to a large number, but it doesn't move food from expensive to cheap.
- thowfaraway 10y agoCan you show the calculation where subsidies to food are greater than the cost of regulation of food? Sugar is particularly regulated, with the government strict quotas and tariffs on imports, and domestic allotments to produces. If you produce more than your allotment, it is illegal to sell in the US. The whole scheme is to hold prices high to support famers (agribusiness really), not low.
- dalore 10y agoSugar is regulated and the price is kept high for farmers. But not for the consumers which is my point. Farmers are given subsidies in all crops so they can sell them in the global market at below market rates, not only for the population, but to compete with out countries doing the same thing.