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Originally Posted by O.city
Ready to see people go hungry? Why?
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In short, you can only push people so far. Once you're on the edge for too long, you either jump or start kicking people in the teeth to get away from it. Add making 6 figure decisions on a regular basis while carrying two generations of devotion on your shoulders, and things get ugly.
I doubt many people here know this, but even before Covid fired up dairy producers in some regions were regularly being sent mental health letters with suicide prevention information along with their milk checks. Think about that for a minute, you get your paycheck and the second page is full of information just trying to keep you from offing yourself. Then Covid hits. Essential workers going broke while .gov hands out raises for a large group of the population for sitting on the couch. Can you see where the wedge is being drove?
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Originally Posted by O.city
Ghak99 how can this all be corrected/fixed?
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At this point, I'm not sure I know how to answer your question. There are so many policies and decisions that have lead up to this point that it's one giant puzzle of ****dom. If I did, it would immediately need moved to DC.
I guess I'd start with a question. What percentage of your income do you spend on food? Not the high end food you really don't need, but just basic food to keep your family happy and growing. Then I'd ask what percentage of your income do you spend on golf, toys, cell phones, etc, etc. Compare those two figures with an open mind and ask yourself how it's even possible.
The US committed to having one of the cheapest reliable food supplies imaginable and the population takes it for granted. That commitment comes at a cost only a very small segment of the population even knows about. You just can't dig a hole for 20 years and then try to fix it overnight when Covid throws a wrench in the gears. It requires pain, desperation, and accepting reality to admit change has to happen in order to prevent these things from happening. That pain is what some producers are ready to see as they feel it'll lead to change.
We can't magically make these plants run wide open at this point. It's just not possible. You can adjust regulations and bust an oligarchy in an attempt to prevent it from happening in the future. It might mean your $1 cheeseburger needs to cost $1.10 in the future. It might even require making sure that extra .10 is invested in the proper locations.