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Re:Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawb... by jnwatson on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:50PM (#22752234)
The government doesn't control the price of corn, oil, coal, or steel except indirectly via government policy.
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Re:Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawb... by burkaman on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:01PM (#22752358)
Subsidies paid directly to farmers are not indirect. The Energy Policy Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005), which sets a mandatory minimum amount of corn that must be made into ethanol, is not indirect.
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Re:Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawb... by viklove on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:29PM (#22753203)
Turns out we value corn more than the people who farm corn. What a time to be alive.
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Re:Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawb... by munk-a on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:01PM (#22752367)
For Oil the US has a strategic reserve that they dole out whenever they need to appease the public - you could say this is an indirect effect, but selling it for cheap on the open market to drive the price down is reeeeally close to just directly setting the price.
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