resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoU.S. farmers face $31 billion in losses as Iran war drives diesel and fertilizer costs upfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1312arrow-down1external-linkU.S. farmers face $31 billion in losses as Iran war drives diesel and fertilizer costs upfinance.yahoo.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoAnd they’ll be bailed out and subsidized as always. Farmers are the richest poor people you’ll ever meet.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoAnd then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It’s a win/win for the billionaires.
And they’ll be bailed out and subsidized as always. Farmers are the richest poor people you’ll ever meet.
The billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.
And then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It’s a win/win for the billionaires.