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by ams6110 4544 days ago
Better off in what way? Meat will get a lot more expensive, and it's already gone up a lot in the past couple of years.
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Curiously enough I'd expect meat to get cheaper because its' production would have to get a lot more thoughtful to be profitable. Right now what we have is expensive in direct and indirect costs. The meat is of poor quality and will make people sick so all these government programs pay for these costs on this side of the equation too. Basically the consumer pays for the meat, subsidies, AND healthcare to cover the cost of the subsidies making the meat of poor quality that made them sick.
Good! The people that use corn (even if indirectly) should have to pay for it rather than taxpayers.