[dfwgator]

Until you propose a cut in their favorite subsidy program.

I used to think the same way about subsidies, but do you really want farmers to go out of business because of a bad harvest? It's hard enough just to convince people that farming is a worthwhile thing to do, what happens when nobody is interested anymore in farming?

[cotton]

The us government has never, ever, forced me to eat cheese nor any other commodity! Taxes, yes, unisex bathrooms, yes but no cheese. I have given away government cheese with appropriate recipes for it's use, but no one was forced to eat it, or even to take it home. We had a barrel for any unwanted cheese, and others could take from the barrel if they wanted. Community action program and “commodities” program 1980’s.

[Buckeye McFrog]

but do you really want farmers to go out of business because of a bad harvest? It's hard enough just to convince people that farming is a worthwhile thing to do, what happens when nobody is interested anymore in farming?

Congratulations! You have just validated the point that capitalism is a fatally flawed system that cannot sustain itself. You can pick-up your award over at DU. /sarc