[hiram112]

Spot on. And really the subsidized roads and trains are less about getting fresh produce to the cities and more about getting the trillions of dollars of agricultural products to the sea for export, our single largest source of income by far.

Without the Midwest, our currency would effectively be worthless.

[trashtoss]

133 billion is a recent usda figure. Do you have any source for "trillions"?

For bystanders the figures I am referencing are here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistic...

There's a big gap between the two.