Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by jjav on Thursday March 19, 2026 @04:55AM
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> The moment the government has ever step into controlling production of food, we’ve only seen subpar performance and starving people as a consequence.
You might be surprised to hear how heavily government directed and subsidized food production is in the USA.
Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by circlefavshape on Thursday March 19, 2026 @06:08AM
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This is nonsense. Agricultural subsidies are the largest item in the EU budget. Nobody is starving in Europe
And who pays for that? The whole society: Either the government raises taxes, gets more in debt, or they print more money driving inflation up.
The most basic commodity, food, is a great example. The moment the government has ever step into controlling production of food, we’ve only seen subpar performance and starving people as a consequence. Ultimately killing millions (USRR, China, Korea…)