> What about the plant agriculture industry? Animals eat plants. So in much the same way that a subsidy on meat is a subsidy on hamburgers - which require meat

> What about the plant agriculture industry? Animals eat plants. So in much the same way that a subsidy on meat is a subsidy on hamburgers - which require meat to produce - a subsidy on plants is also a subsidy on meat. We should also keep in mind that it takes many calories of plants fed to animals to produce one calorie of meat. Thus plant agriculture subsidies consumed per calorie of meat are likely much higher than plant agriculture subsidies consumed per calorie of plant.