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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
At one point not too long ago the US was producing up to 90% of our own oil supply, is that not the case anymore or am I misremembering that all together? To clarify, I don't recall if that was actually kep in country or the net import
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
It's a fair point for sure. Wish I had links handy and I'll see if they can find solid references. My understanding is that a huge proportion of us crop production is in three or four crops and that most f that production is tra
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
Is love to see us move to a different style of meat production, but very much too the same goals you mention. The entire model of industrial meat production is unsustainable by design. Animals can be raised as part of a larger system that i
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
Already on that path too, we buy most of our food from local farms as well. I may very well have misunderstood your original message. I interested how change like breaking up the corporate oligarchies or shifting people from service jobs t
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
Well yes, I would absolutely say the federal government shouldn't be in the business of manipulating markets and consumer behavior. That was never part of our government design in the first place, unless you consider dealing with inter
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
I'm not so sure if subsidizing a handful of industries avoids the problem of cost imbalances when trading globally. Say we subsidize corn because otherwise our corn industry would be decimated by cheap labor overseas. We successfully w
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
One big hurdle to jump will be the need for fundamental change in government regulations for food production. The requirements are ridiculous particularly with meat production. I can't sell cuts of meat unless the animal walks off the
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
This goes against so many basic principles of human dietary needs and sustainable agricultural practices. The problems that frequently lead to the argument for cutting meat consumption for ecological reasons are all actually concerns with i
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
How might this be implemented without ceasing am even more powerful government along the way? The changes sounds reasonable enough but it sounds like it's take the government to force new farming methods on us, break up corporations, a
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
Doesn't that just depend on whether income can pay for the 50 employees, and that you can find 50 people willing to work the job?
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
The real challenge here is that people simply don't want to farm anymore. We built ourselves a vicious cycle with mechanization and chemicals that allowed farms to produce more per acre, leading to fewer people farming and further depe
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
I've never quite followed the math on this argument for subsidies. Government subsidies are still payed by us, the money is funneled through taxes and government budgets but it's not like a subsidy appears out of thin air. This is
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by flagrant_taco 3y ago
Simplifying the tax code would go a long way. We don't need to go all the way towards some flat consumption tax, simply eliminating tax deductions, credits, and write-offs would make calculating a person's tax burden much easier.