Did you know that Uncle Sam is price-fixing milk?

[kcchiefs6465]

And sugar.

[LibForestPaul]

Yeah, the dairy farmers. Too bad it costs most of them over $2.00/gallon to produce it. If the minimum price to the farmer goes up, everyone along the food chain uses that as an excuse to jack up their rates, and the "greedy farmer" gets blamed while the middle man skims off the top.

Oh, well, you get what you pay for. If you only pay $2.50 for a gallon of milk, you are not going to get anything of quality. The whole industrialized farming paradigm runs on razor thin margins. It only takes a small shift from the consumer to greatly impact the entire food chain. My advice: if you cannot afford organic milk, save your $2.50. Highly processed industrial milk is poison and you are better off without it. This is not an exaggeration. If you withhold your milk money, possibly enough government-supported corporate farms will go out of business and real dairy farmers will take their place; your milk money can be used for actual milk and not something that just looks like it.

USDA will take over and purchase the milk "for the children".

[oyarde]

And sugar.

I think that one may have been going on longer than any ? I buy it only for my Hummingbirds....

[idiom]

Is anything free market in the USA?

[oyarde]

Is anything free market in the USA?

I am thinking , ...... yard sales ?

[kcchiefs6465]

I think that one may have been going on longer than any ? I buy it only for my Hummingbirds....

I believe it started in the '60s but don't quote me on that. I don't have my "Take the Rich Off of Welfare," book handy to reference. (Highly recommended read that outlines damn near all of the waste in Washington; sure to open your eyes to the scope of welfarism in America) There are hundreds of subsidies. Wheat, corn, sugar, etc. It costs the American taxpayer billions a year. (And that's just agricultural subsidies!) You start adding up energy subsidies and the M.I.C. and you really get a picture as to how we got to >16 trillion in debt.

ETA: Oh, and
nuclear subsidies
mining subsidies
media subsidies

[NoOneButPaul]

Are they price fixing the DOW too?

They sure are...

[jclay2]

There is nothing these psychopaths don't touch.

[heavenlyboy34]

I am thinking , ...... yard sales ?

A few years ago, there were rumblings in the rumor mill that TPTB in my area were trying to figure out a way to regulate those. If it's possible, I'm sure they'll figure it out. War on us, you know.

[Endthefednow]

Oranges, Grain, Soybean,Corn, wheat we are doomed