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> We are net exporters of all the major staples. At the very least, we can ratchet down subsidies until we are no longer a net exporter of agricultural products
by gobengo 6y ago
> We are net exporters of all the major staples. At the very least, we can ratchet down subsidies until we are no longer a net exporter of agricultural products; that level of production is sufficient to handle all our essentials.
lol not if a world war happens buddy. regardless of whether we export staples or not (and we eat more than staples), staples taste horrible without spices, which we import at net 60%, and we need more of everything when we're defending liberal values from being wiped off the earth.
- scarmig 6y agoThe goalposts have shifted from "having enough food to feed ourselves" to "having enough exotic spices." Even if we took that argument as compelling, it doesn't explain why we should subsidize wheat and corn instead of said exotic spices.
- gobengo 6y ago> The goalposts have shifted from "having enough food to feed ourselves" to "having enough exotic spices." boo hoo. I never set the first goal posts, nor the second that you imply. They're all only components of maintaining quality of life for our constituents and fellow citizens in a probability distribution of predictable things, including so-called 'black swan' events. The risk of ending wheat/corn subsidies is so much higher than having them in the first place...