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> If you face a famine in NZ, you import from Australia, China, India If is the key point here. We've never been anywhere close to a famine despite our farmers
by EdwardDiego 7y ago
> If you face a famine in NZ, you import from Australia, China, India
If is the key point here. We've never been anywhere close to a famine despite our farmers operating in an unprotected market.
- thomasz 7y agoNZ has a very small population and absolutely no systemic importance. It’s not remotely comparable to the US.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoSome great exceptionalism there. So, you subsidise corn farmers because of global geopolitics? Occam's Razor suggests myriad other explanations.
- pm90 7y agoNothing you're saying makes any sense. As others have tried to say, the population + landmass of NZ make it statistically insignificant compared to US.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoWhich is completely irrelevant to my discussion of how removing protectionist policies increased the efficiency of our agricultural sector.
- pm90 7y agoIt’s relevant if your hypothesis is that it will have the same effect in the US, which I’m tired of saying at this point that it WONT.