Now you might be asking- "Why does President Trump support socialist policies in the first place!?" Well- ask the corn producers about their subsidy and you will find that not all commodities are subsidized equally. Despite complaints about NOT receiving their fair share in subsidies compared to the s(o)ybean farmers- corn production also reached a record high in 2018. Wouldn't it stand to reason that Trump would want to give the corn producers the same advantage as the s(o)y? I doubt we will see any real changes to our system in the near future.
I think it comes down to the votes. Midwestern rural voters in the farming industries DEPEND on those subsidies now. It's part of doing business and it has been for many decades. These people are President Trump's base. He can't just make sweeping changes to current policies without big consequences in the economy- specifically to the food markets. The whole point was to increase stability but the programs lack built-in checks and balances and that puts us into a dangerous situation where any change from the status-quo could wreck the whole market. When firms make financial decisions they think about today and also about the past and future. If all food subsidies were to dry up tomorrow- you can bet the farm that the stock market and the economy would take a dive during the adjustment period- and if that were to cost President Trump his reelection- it's just not worth the risk.
>Should we really be selling taxpayer-subsidized food to a geopolitical rival in the first place?
Maybe if they lower their tariffs against us, and we lower our tariffs against them- then we will be able to trade on fair and friendly terms. In the meantime, necessity is the mother of invention and we've got too much s(o)y- so what should we do with it?
Almost the whole other thread is off-topic posting, too. Legit shill hours.
Jeremiah Reyes
OP, wanna recycle this bread after? You weren't wrong, if other baker in the other thread was baking he should've spoke up when you asked who was baking.
