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If we're going to subsidize something agriculture is one of the things i'd be willing to foot the bill for. The invisible hand of the market is not a good way t
by idiotsecant 5y ago
If we're going to subsidize something agriculture is one of the things i'd be willing to foot the bill for. The invisible hand of the market is not a good way to make sure that everyone stays fed.
- spiderice 5y agoI'm not expert, but I think you're oversimplifying a real problem. My understanding is that we're giving water to farmers at such a cheap price, that they are essentially wasting it on crops that shouldn't be grown where they are growing them. Which costs us ridiculous amounts of water in order to get cheap luxury crops, at the cost of other things. If it were about keeping people fed.. well, that really isn't an issue. We're REALLY efficient at farming enough crops to keep people fed, even without wasting water. edit: after reading some other comments, it's perhaps inaccurate to say that we're giving agriculture the water. And it sounds more like they bought it years ago at a ridiculously cheap price and are still benefiting from that.
- rurp 5y agoBut why grow that food in a desert where residents are facing critical water shortages?