• Ni@kbin.social
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    There are often talks of carbon taxing, but removing subsidies would seen to be the obvious first step. Subdiside greener options instead.

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        Do you think so? From the people I know I think cutting meat and fossil fuel subsidises would be very unpopular. We have climbing food prices so if meat became more expensive I think there might be uproar - it’s needed though!

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    Because people view their products as necessities to everyday life. People want to eat meat and and (real) no matter what.

    If without subsidies it becomes cheaper to import these types of foods, it becomes a national security issue.

    Plus without subsidies this stuff gets more expensive, so people will start complaining

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    1 year ago

    because their lobbys pay lawmakers more!

    In capitalism, the people with money make or influence the laws.

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      Pretty much this. Agriculture subsidies have their roots in the great depression and dust bowl, but we have long since passed the point of having a majority of small family dairy farms. Now the primary beneficiary of subsidies are corporate farms. The USDA and the federal government took a stance of “get big or get out” and that’s what happened. We should not be subsidizing corporations.

  • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Throw in the trucking industry and the autoindustry for good measure. SUVs and big trucks have caused car fatalities to skyrocket.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Ah tradition, the argument that has definitely not been used to justify all kinds of problematic and horrific thing