So you're agreeing with Gar that the CBOE has been making our food prices too low?
No. Just showing that she doesn't understand the market. If it was being manipulated, you could profit.
LOL. I agree that the average Joe or Jane would last about an hour on a farm. I agree that federal farm subsidy paperwork makes IRS forms look like childs play. I agree that no one who eats has cause to criticize the subsidies to American farmers. If you don't eat, then you have a right to complain about the subsidy. I agree that to the extent the US buys or sells grain stocks, they're indirectly manipulating the price. It's no different than what they do with the strategic petroleum reserve.
I agree that a free market is the best market, but until the prices are truly set by the market, and our agricultural exports are on an equal footing with other countries, SEE: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557528/posts
The subsidies are necessary...an in our vital national interest.