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Why should we be subsidizing farmers that can’t do it as cheaply as these conglomerates you mention? It seems like in other industries we say “tough luck, find
by spiderice 3y ago
Why should we be subsidizing farmers that can’t do it as cheaply as these conglomerates you mention? It seems like in other industries we say “tough luck, find a different job” if you can’t compete. Genuinely wondering what the difference is here.
- jterrys 3y agoBecause usually you try to prevent race to the bottoms.
- eszed 3y agoTechnically that should be "races to the bottom". There are multiple races, not multiple bottoms. A race to the bottoms, however, does sound like a wholesome family activity. (Apologies for the grammar nerdery; I mainly want to make the joke.)
- jterrys 3y agoNo it's cool. I respect it. Thank you for correcting me :)
- hughesjj 3y agoI mean, first, we've been subsidizing farmers since the dust bowl/great recession. As to why consolidation of our nations food supply into a small cohort of conglomerates is a bad thing.... I mean do I really have to expand on that one? I'm all for setting price minimums on agriculture IMHO. We have such an excess of food already that, combined with food banks and stamps, I'm not concerned about people going hungry. Most of the expensive shit is from processing and logistics seems to be the biggest issue with food scarcity (there's a reason meals on wheels exists)