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That 38b claim is unfounded. The source in that article goes to the writer of Meatonmics. On their site, they just claim that number without pointing to where
by NoOneNew 6y ago
That 38b claim is unfounded.
The source in that article goes to the writer of Meatonmics. On their site, they just claim that number without pointing to where or how they get that number.
In 2019 the gov pumped out 22b in subsidies to all farmers across the board. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/farmers-got-billions-from-taxpayers-in-2019-and-hardly-anyone-objected https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/fa...
So where's this 38b data coming from? Since the meatonmics agenda is to get rid of meat production, sourcing from them is the same as the health benefits claimed by the The Tobacco Institute.
- orwin 6y agoI'm not OP and I think you're right, but subsidies are not often direct cash injection. It can be bailing farmers out of debt, stripping taxes for slaughterhouse, or even workers compensation for incident on meat plants.
- joveian 6y agoBLM land access is one area that could be a large subsidy not counted as a direct subsidy. That can't really be shifted to fruits and vegetables (I don't think the land is suitable). There are grazing fees (though not everyone pays and they have trouble enforcing them), but it sound like they could be considerably lower than market rate. See "State and Private Grazing Rates" in: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21232.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21232.pdf It is a huge political issue going back hundreds of years as ranching was arguably the largest driving factor behind the European colonization of the Americas.