Americans do not have a right to cheap gasoline. Nobody has ever held a gin to my head telling me to buy an F-150.
Americans — and the rest of the world — do not have the right to cheap food either. But you’d never gather that from the cited article, where a potential 3 to 4 percent annual increase in food costs are grounds for Gotterdamerung, but 30 percent MONTHLY increases in gas costs are minor inconveniences.
Sauce for the Big Oil goose is sauce for the Big Ag gander.