Grain subsidies indirectly subsidize high–calorie, low–nutrition foods like bread, cookies, crackers, soda drinks (corn syrup), and other stuff that is terrible

Grain subsidies indirectly subsidize high–calorie, low–nutrition foods like bread, cookies, crackers, soda drinks (corn syrup), and other stuff that is terrible for you. Fuel policy promotes more driving, less walking. It is an interesting question as to where to draw the line between personal responsibility and governmental responsibility. Of course most people in the US can afford to buy quality food, if they really wanted to, and some Americans are doing well. But Americans clearly aren't doing well at keeping up their health, and gov policy is making obesity worse. I saw some data point recently that suggested we may have passed an inflection point (for the better), hopefully it turns out to be true in the long run.