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us control on corn, means feeding stock is cheaper in the us too, somebody may think its stupid to subsidize corn, but the truth be told is that the us control
by sebastianavina 9y ago
us control on corn, means feeding stock is cheaper in the us too, somebody may think its stupid to subsidize corn, but the truth be told is that the us control the world not because the army or the us dollar, its because the food.
Mexico saw that while negotiating the nafta, most of our corn and beans come from the us, we are handcuffed on the table, because in the case of a trade war, the us can impose taxes on most of our products, but the main product we import is food from the us, and we cant tax those higher, because our people need it.
so while the us taxes washing machines from mexico, mexico cant tax the corn.
the same is happening with the trade war trump is driving between the us and china, china cant retalliate taxing pork or corn, because thats what people eats...
kyssinger said it better: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people."
so thats the reason the us subsidize farming
- jjeaff 9y ago>so thats the reason the us subsidize farming It may be true that subsidizing corn has the controlling effect you talk about. But I assure you, there is no higher level thinking going on here. The US subsidizes corn for one reason alone. And that is the powerful corn lobby that uses the old idea of a small town farmer to rally voters and strike fear in the heart of any politician who dares oppose corn/farm subsidies.