resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoU.S. farmers face $31 billion in losses as Iran war drives diesel and fertilizer costs upfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoAnd they’ll be bailed out and subsidized as always. Farmers are the richest poor people you’ll ever meet.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThe billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoAnd then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It’s a win/win for the billionaires.
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWe don’t need more food. Farmers are subsidized to throw things away. We grow corn to add to gasoline.
And they’ll be bailed out and subsidized as always. Farmers are the richest poor people you’ll ever meet.
The billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.
And then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It’s a win/win for the billionaires.
We don’t need more food. Farmers are subsidized to throw things away. We grow corn to add to gasoline.