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The 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'
by scarmig 6y ago
The 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...