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You’re piling on a lot of ifs of which there are alternative contingencies other than artificially keeping the price of corn goods cheap. I’d argue that the neg
by least 4y ago
You’re piling on a lot of ifs of which there are alternative contingencies other than artificially keeping the price of corn goods cheap. I’d argue that the negative effects of cheap corn has made our country less healthy which in turn is a national security issue. Anyone that’s been in the military and even modestly keeps up with current policy will see how the military is having to adapt to a significantly less healthy pool of recruits.
Government Cheese wasn’t to ensure that prices of dairy would stay low, it was to bail out dairy farmers after the price of it dropped to unsustainably low levels. It’s not even a very good product to stockpile. The market would correct itself.
- wollsmoth 4y agoI know a lot would have to go wrong for it to matter. But having the ability to crank out huge amounts of corn, dairy and cheese if other food sources become scarce is a good ace in the hole to have if push comes to shove. Look at how the supply chain crunch affected our ability to produce certain goods. It wasn't so bad overall but we don't want to deal with that for calories.