Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well
by WalterBright on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:08PM
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You need food, too, and food is dirt cheap, and there's far less government involved with that. (Yes, I know about the USDA and agricultural subsidies, but the latter doesn't apply to all the food shipped into the US.)
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Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well
by maxxxxx on Friday October 27, 2017 @07:18PM
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As far as I know the food basics are highly subsidized. Isn't the yearly farm bill around 20 billion?
Re:Rise of the Creative Class Worked a Little Too Well
by WalterBright on Friday October 27, 2017 @09:06PM
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US population is 323.1m, annual food per is $6000, or roughly $180b. Even more roughly, then 10% of the food budget is subsidized. $20b doesn't explain cheap food prices.