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And to top it off, it's distorted the food we produce. Corn seems to have become the go-to crop for almost everything, where possible, even when it wouldn't nor
by ericd 16y ago
And to top it off, it's distorted the food we produce. Corn seems to have become the go-to crop for almost everything, where possible, even when it wouldn't normally make sense. It has made sugary diets more affordable than they would be otherwise, which has had bad consequences for Americans' diets, which feeds into the extremely high medical costs we face, lowered productivity, and a host of other problems.
I would say the farm subsidies are one of the worst government programs in place today, in terms of the well being of the US populace and economy.
Biofuels are another example of a disastrous subsidy program, but not on quite the same level.
- eru 16y agoActually corn hasn't made sugary-diets more affordable. Look up the prices. Corn-syrup couldn't compete with Brazilian cane sugar, even with subsidies if it weren't tariffs. I agree though. Corn syrup is probably worse than cane sugar. Biofuels from corn are very wasteful. Biofuels from, say, Brazilian sugar cane, again, are much better energy for money.
- ericd 16y agoAh I didn't realize that sugar was more expensive than unsubsidized corn syrup because of tariffs. Good to know, thanks.