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Time for government cheese again I guess?

• criddell 7y ago
  I have relatives who run dairy farms in Ontario and they have a quota system. It stabilizes the market tremendously and as a result, they can make pretty big investments on their family farm. The downside, of course, is that consumers pay more.
  • specialist 7y ago
    "... consumers pay more." I wonder about that. Has anyone studied this? In general, I mean. Sure, the retail sticker price is higher. But in my tax payer role, I also pay. If the government impairs the Freedom Markets™ with quotas and price supports, is society paying more or less over the long term? Factoring in bankruptcies, asset bubbles, crashes, unemployment, and so forth. (Asked as someone who despises how the USA does ag subsidies.) It's a tough thing arguing the overall a system is cheaper when my apparent cost is going up. Like the single payer debate in the USA. It seems like a no brainer to prefer a tax burden which is lower than my (and my employer's) health insurance premium. But the optics suck, right? People will go out of their way to avoid taxes.
• mywittyname 7y ago
  These are win-win situations. Poor people get access to high quality products and businesses get a stable supply of customers and get the next generation hooked. Unfortunately, our current leadership are idiots and prefer to hand over blank checks to companies to keep them going. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642525831/agriculture-dept-will-pay-4-7-billion-to-farmers-hit-in-trade-war https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642525831/agriculture-dept-wi...