POLITICS Gov/Ag Econ/Re: The Glutenator - starring Heidi S.

[Guest guest]

@@@@@@@@@ Helga/Chris:

> > We intend to push for legislation to

> > return to the pre-Nixon system, where crops are bought by the

government

> > when prices drop too low (bumper years) and the government then

sells

> > them at a profit when prices are high (lean years).

>

> That's a great idea-- then farmer's will be encouraged to invest in

crops

> that have no market. This wreaked havoc during the Great

Depression, by the way,

> and caused massive suffering and economic disaster.

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Hmm, Helga, I don't actually understand this pre-Nixon thing. So if

you grow something and the prices are low that year, and then a few

years later the prices are high and you go to sell it, wouldn't

somebody've eaten it by then? I mean, I know carrots and cabbage and

stuff can sit around in the winter, but a few years later? I'm

assuming Helga the Glutenator isn't going to be condoning large-scale

grain agriculture and all that...

Maybe I'm missing something here, but wouldn't it better if people

just focused on growing things and eating them, instead of " buying "

and " selling " ?

Mike

SE Pennsylvania