East Central South Dakota | government meddling into markets creates a situation where you take the air chuck off the hose and the hose whips violently in every direction, with no one knowing the direction. There are always unintended consequences to governmental interference in free markets.
Why should everyone stay in business? People go broke in every other industry in the country but, agriculture has developed this victimhood mentality that somehow, we are entitled. Idling acres has never worked in the past and won't work this time around. Soybeans still have a nine in front of them for crying out loud. If nine-dollar soybeans will bankrupt you, you have a screwed-up cost structure. What about the livestock folks that would have to pay more for meal---they will need a check. Then the SAF folks will want a check and a raise in investment tax credits. Only two countries have exportable supplies of soybeans and taking one of them out the export game doesn't create a more stable world food climate. Brazil has a crop failure, and we are idling ground, will make government step in and decide who gets supply--by killing demand. Government grows like cancer.
Farmers like to complain about socialism and how it is wrecking our country. When in truth, we have grown into the poster child of Governmental welfare. The molestation of free markets is an indecent assault on capitalism and everything that our forefathers stood for. It will eventually lead to profits and freedoms being seized as payment for false security and an address on easy street.
Edited by white shadow 9/8/2025 22:41
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Not to stir the pot but...
