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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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