Kasz216 on 01 January 2013
| Baalzamon said: One other thing I wanted to mention that I'm not entirely certain on the price "doubling". I'm not sure that it isn't the government covering the difference in each gallon of milk versus what the cooperatives would have paid. Meaning cooperatives may still pay just $19-$20 per hundred pounds, and the government will subsidize the excess. So we will indirectly pay considerably more for milk (via taxes), but the store prices will not change. As I said, I'm not certain on this, however. |
Actually after reading from about a dozen different sources... I found out what happens is that actually the government fixes the price by essentially buying milk products until the price of milk gets high enough.
So the secretary of Agriculture would essnetially order the government to buy milk products (preferably ones that don't spoil) until the price of dairy goes up.
So essentially, the government would have to buy a shitload of cheese and dry milk and such.
Which is... just so silly you can't help but not believe it.
