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Too bad dairy is subsidized, my ice cream is so expensive
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
Too bad dairy is subsidized, my ice cream is so expensive
- robg 2y agoTry a can of coconut milk and a cup of pecans or cashews blended in 4 cups of water. It’s a good vegan base. Inexpensive and most flavors can be layered on top.
- euroderf 2y agoWhat a terrible waste of cashews. YMMV.
- aziaziazi 2y agoHaha! Most fatty nuts will do the job!
- ch1kkenm4ss4 2y ago[flagged]
- voisin 2y agoI am confused by this statement which appears to be a non sequitur. If it is subsidized then shouldn’t it be artificially inexpensive? Can you clarify?
- pfdietz 2y agoMilk prices are artificially inflated in the US, by a formula based on the distance from Wisconsin, I believe.
- aziaziazi 2y agoHow that subsidy work? A. If closer to W: subsidize to lower the price down. Ice cream cheaper in W and at its original price further away B. If further to W: tax to inflate the prices. Ice cream is at its original price in W and more expansive further away I cannot see how you could have subsidies AND inflated prices at the same time. Maybe A and B are used simultaneously? More clarification would be appreciated :)
- medler 2y agoMilk pricing in the US is enormously complicated, but as I understand it, there is effectively a floor on the price of drinkable milk. This keeps some milk producers in business who would otherwise exit the market. As you may know, price floors lead to oversupply, so the government sometimes steps in to buy the excess supply, or will just pay producers to dispose of it. So yes, as counterintuitive as it sounds, milk is both subsidized and sold at inflated prices
- pfdietz 2y agoThe US government has an enormous cheese stockpile. https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-...
- aziaziazi 2y agoWow crazy indeed. What a waste. > Though demand is declining, production is not. It has risen 13% since 2010. In 2016, the American dairy industry dumped a whopping 43 million gallons of milk > The dairy industry received 43 billion and 36.3 billion dollars in 2016 and 2017, respectively, from the federal government. > It is important that special interests do not acquire billions annually for an industry that knowingly overproduces, not to mention pollutes the environment, in the face of declining consumption
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoAs a milk producer in Kansas, that would be awesome...
- Ferret7446 2y agoThat's not what the word "subsidy" means, even if assuming your claim is true.