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If Wickard vs. Filburn (4) and similar laws/decisions were to be repealed, incentives could stack up and growing your own food to save money, and sell intrastat
by Galatians4_16 2y ago
If Wickard vs. Filburn (4) and similar laws/decisions were to be repealed, incentives could stack up and growing your own food to save money, and sell intrastate, may become popular again.
4) https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/317/111 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/317/111
- Retric 2y agoThe effort vs economic rewards of growing your own food is horrible. Some people enjoy it as a hobby, I know many of them. But it’s not something that’ll ever really catch on by repealing such laws alone. Automation/economies of scale + government subsidies + many farmers having massive amounts of specialized knowledge and skills vs what amounts to subsistence agriculture is just wildly in favor of large scale operations.
- Galatians4_16 2y agoFarm subsidies enable international shipping to the extent of putting foreign farmers out of work. (1) This also works in reverse, (2) artificially destroying the pricing mechanism, and externalizing costs to the taxpayer. 1) https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-do-agricultural-subsidies-in-wealthy-countries-harm-low-income-countries/ https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/artic... 2) https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/the-bitter-impact-of-foreign-farm-subsidies/ https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/the-bitter-impact-of-foreign...
- Retric 2y agoI’m not saying they are a good thing, just that they exist. Hunting by comparison has a vastly better ROI if you want some food independence.