Why subsidize meat production?

[Boojatta]

Why not subsidize the agricultural production of those foods that are essential for human beings?

If some people preferred to be omnivores, but were vegetarians because of poverty, then would their vegetarianism itself be considered an unacceptable hardship?

[safeinOhio]

1. I think most ag subsidies

go for soybeans, wheat, corn and cotton.

[Boojatta]

3. Lots of that is used as feed for meat production.

[flvegan]

2. I'm going to Rec, and then

just watch.

:popcorn:

[Boojatta]

4. Are you expecting something?

Perhaps something Spanish?

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[handmade34]

5. me too!

[Ignis]

8. Here comes the popcorn lobby, fighting for their subsidies.

:popcorn:

[Canuckistanian]

18. And what is popcorn?

Exactly.

[Goldstein1984]

6. Very good question

As long as those subsidies exist, we'll have the unhealthy and unsustainable food production system we have.

And, of course, subsidies are the dirty little secret of those arguing that we have a free market where market forces reign.

[Lorien]

7. For the same reason oil and coal are subsidized

the powerful demand socialism for themselves and Capitalism for the rest of us. Besides, cancer and heart disease risks jump when animal flesh is consumed daily. It's a boon for Big Pharma too.

[ThomWV]

9. The rich don't demand socialism for themselves, they demand the transfer of wealth to themselves

and they call it individualism.

[Lorien]

10. When it's in the form of taxpayer dollars it's Socialism for the wealthy. nt

[Boojatta]

11. Kick

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, all subsidized.

[Boojatta]

13. The question was: why?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. a big meaty kick

:kick:

[Boojatta]

15. Kick

[Boojatta]

16. Kick

[Boojatta]

17. Kick