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HeyBub[_3_]

wrote:

"Takes food out of the food chain."

I don't see any grocery store shelves going empty. Have you? There's
plenty of beef, pork, chicken, fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk, flour,
dry goods, canned goods...

You are correct. There is no shortage of food, just a shortage of cheap
food.

Sure the price of food has gone up a little, but food prices were way
low in this country to begin with. It's about time we paid a little
more for our food.

People should pay their "fair share" for food, just like millionaires should
contribute their "fair share" in taxes?

In some countries the cost of food is 90%+ of the household income.
Here in the USA it's something like 10-15%. We spend the rest of our
money on toys and "bling" we don't really need.

"Need" is never the criteria in America. WANT is, and should be, the only
determining factor.