Comments on: Unintended Consequences of Farm Subsidies http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/08/10/unintended-consequences-of-farm-subsidies/ All statements are true and false and meaningless in some sense. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matt Tanous http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/08/10/unintended-consequences-of-farm-subsidies/#comment-48317 Matt Tanous Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:35:11 +0000 http://christopherburg.com/?p=13322#comment-48317 I bet the high prices will be blamed on speculators. When, ironically, the farmer-speculator with his surplus for higher prices would have actually helped.

It’s the same thing that happens with gasoline. Speculators working to stockpile on grounds that the price will go up are demonized as somehow *causing* the higher prices.

And the public will gobble up this economic nonsense because the majority are fools.

]]> By: Zerg539 http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/08/10/unintended-consequences-of-farm-subsidies/#comment-47493 Zerg539 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:10:45 +0000 http://christopherburg.com/?p=13322#comment-47493 Yeah everyone thinks Mormons are crazy for having a year’s supply of food for their family at all times but its really one of the smartest things I have seen in a religion.

]]> By: Christopher Burg http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/08/10/unintended-consequences-of-farm-subsidies/#comment-47487 Christopher Burg Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:35:09 +0000 http://christopherburg.com/?p=13322#comment-47487 That is an issue with centralization. Too many countries decided it was OK to rely on the United States for a majority of their foodstuff and now are facing the real possibility of having food shortages because this country had a very bad year. At least those “crazy preppers” with their gardens and canned food will be sitting decently well.

]]> By: Zerg539 http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/08/10/unintended-consequences-of-farm-subsidies/#comment-47484 Zerg539 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:30:39 +0000 http://christopherburg.com/?p=13322#comment-47484 And the real kicker is that we are the world’s breadbasket when it comes to all things grain, except for rice, we export many times the amount of corn and wheat than we consume but now we are in the position of triggering a potential global depression because our weather was a bit lousy this year. In fact the weather was so bad my mother and her business partner had to sell all of their cattle for lack of ability to feed them with the drought in Missouri as bad as it has become.

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