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Re:The ugly truth about the ugly produce movement by mtgx on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:28PM (#18134543)
Remove farmer (usually large profitable corporations) subsidies and more directly subsidize the poor maybe?
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Re:The ugly truth about the ugly produce movement by go_away_nsa on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:40PM (#18135069)
Then you get to enjoy one bad harvest caused by drought, hail, etc send a large chunk of your farms into bankruptcy and then enjoy food shortages until it becomes profitable to farm again. The subsidies are there to make farming less boom or bust, worst case scenario your citizens get really cheap food.
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