Economic optimization is one thing, risks to a nation’s food supply is another. When a nation cannot feed itself, that risk becomes hazardous to both life and liberty. Hence, to look at food as merely a purely economic good without accounting for that risk is a fool’s errand. To pretend that it is not worth protecting that independence is to negate the reality of risk management in an uncertain world.
I agree fully. Food policies are a very special case. It is as fundamental a need as the need for defense.
Well let’s not kid ourselves, a lot of the farm bill is nothing but corporate welfare for big agro-businesses.
Of course, it’s political suicide for Midwest politicians to suggest money be scaled back.