climwe

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   by climwe 6y ago

   If there is excess food and it is given to people who would not otherwise buy food, there would be no negative effect on prices or the economy in general. Maybe examples of these types of people don't exist in America all that much but
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   by climwe 6y ago

   Unemployment was lower but jobs became worse. If there was no increase in federal minimum wage in a decade, you can see why employment went up in that exact same decade. It's not good enough to just point to one statistic and cancel ou
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   by climwe 6y ago

   Millions of potatoes were recently discarded by Idaho farms due to surplus and lack of demand. I would point to Yemen's hunger crisis, but there are people literally inside of Idaho who don't have food. If you can't even dist
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   by climwe 6y ago

   But... we are having issues right now? People aren't acting because there's no economic incentive, it is only in part due to denial or ignorance. Many of the world's leaders who have to power to shift the narrative are not do