• jerry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    because their lobbys pay lawmakers more!

    In capitalism, the people with money make or influence the laws.

    • Sorenchu@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Pretty much this. Agriculture subsidies have their roots in the great depression and dust bowl, but we have long since passed the point of having a majority of small family dairy farms. Now the primary beneficiary of subsidies are corporate farms. The USDA and the federal government took a stance of “get big or get out” and that’s what happened. We should not be subsidizing corporations.