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why is meat so expensive?

Joe Biden says it's because there are only 4 giant meatpacking companies controlling production and they are screwing us over.

A better explanation is that we have but ONE giant political party, the Democrat party, controlling the entire federal government and they are the one that is screwing us over.
BlueVeins · 22-25
The real question is, why is meat so cheap? Meat uses way more land, water, & fertilizer than plant foods do and it's still almost on par with plant-based alternatives like legumes, and cheaper even than seitan. Hmmm, I wonder if the gigantic subsidies we willingly issue to the corn industry -- which predominantly feeds livestock -- has something to do with it.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@BlueVeins you never raised cattle have you. It shows.
Um, you're missing the part that the Democratic Party is dysfunctional at actually controlling even itself, much less the entire federal government.

I could go on and talk about why, etc, but I think my point is a good one without it.
hunkalove · 61-69, M
@MistyCee I've always liked Will Rogers' quote: "I've never belonged to an organized political party. I've always been a Democrat."
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@MistyCee As dysfunctional as it may be, the one thing they unite on is limiting competition. Limiting competition bad for the meat industry ... but even worse in Washington :)
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
O'Biden administration now looking to cede US sovereignty to the CCP controlled bureaucrats at the WHO? When will the treason end?

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ON MAY 22: WHO WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO LOCK DOWN ALL OF AMERICA
https://www.israel365news.com/269274/on-may-22-biden-to-hand-over-american-sovereignty-to-who/

Excerpt from article above:

[Officials from the Biden Administration are working to give the World Health Organization the power to unilaterally declare a health emergency in any country, thereby giving them emergency powers. The message from the administration and the vote are going unreported by the heritage media, but former Congressman Michele Bachmann is working hard at sounding the alarm.
BACHMANN: “BIGGEST GLOBAL POWER GRAB IN OUR LIFETIMES”
Bachmann has stated that the upcoming vote in Geneva over the Biden Administration’s amendments would cede U.S. sovereignty to the WHO over national healthcare decisions in what she described as “the biggest global power grab that we have seen in our lifetimes.”

Bachmann’s concern is over the vote that will take place on May 22 in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA). The vote is to ratify the amendments proposed by the Biden administration and are scheduled as “Provisional agenda item 16.2”.
Bachmann spoke about the dilemma on Steve Bannon’s War Room.
“This authority that they will be given will impact 99.4% of all the people in the world,” Bachmann said. “There are 193 nations belonging to the UN. The Biden administration is bringing amendments that were proposed that all nations of the earth cede their sovereignty over their national health care decisions to the WHO.”
“This means that the WHO would have decision-making authority to intervene in the United States government policy and any nation of the world without our permission. For instance, the lockdown where you see 26 million people today locked down in Shangai, China. They can’t leave their apartments or homes. The WHO would have the authority to be able to enforce that here in the United States, on whatever pretext they want. They don’t have to show data. They could do this.”]
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O'Biden administration now looking to cede US sovereignty to the CCP controlled bureaucrats at the WHO? When will the treason end?

When you thought you've seen everything imaginable, the O'Biden administration pulls out another treasonous stunner out of the hat. These miscreants on the Left are now attempting to hand off US sovereignty to the WHO. It is a covert way of opening up a back door to world government control.

This Biden treason is becoming Orwellian, how much more damage can the Left possibly inflict upon our country? We are now to be held hostage by the CCP controlled WHO? Where are the Republicans on this? Sleep at the switch as usual.

Call your Congress people now and inform people this is happening. Tell them all to get on the ball immediately and stop this!
4meAndyou · F
I think, as Budwick posted a few days ago, we need to ask ourselves how in hell so MANY meat pack plants have had major fires, forcing them to shut down, and how it is possible that TWO small aircraft just happened to crash into two different meat packing plants.

https://similarworlds.com/politics/4318637-Firefighters-Respond-to-Industrial-Fire-at-Perdue
SW-User
Supposedly all skyrocketing costs are attributed to Russia invading Ukraine
That’s the narrative at least
InHeaven · F
Their narrative tends to change all the time @SW-User
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
The diesel fuel cost to deliver it to the store.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I’ve heard someone say that the grocery prices in Mexico aren’t increasing, prices the same. Interesting isn’t it?
EvilEmma · F
capitalism working as intended....
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@EvilEmma Both parties tend to promote business consolidation. Probably because the bigger the business the bigger their political contributions.

Interesting to follow the consolidation of the US auto industry as it consolidated over the past 50+ years. Once there were 5 or 6 auto companies, then there were 4, then 3, then 2 .... now look! there are now 5 or 6 big auto manufacturers again, Toyota, Honda, Nissan ...

Peeking at a headline from January ...

Toyota dethrones GM to become America’s top-selling automaker in 2021

... and they did it without a massive bailout from the US government.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@Heartlander unions and anti-trust laws broke domestic automakers...

things for which the asians aren't constrained by...
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@wildbill83 ... and which make for a good reason why the making of practically anything for the US market gets outsourced to foreign lands.
hunkalove · 61-69, M
The Democrats haven't controlled the federal government since Lyndon Johnson. The big reason why the Clintons, Obama, and now Biden couldn't accomplish anything is that Congress has belonged to the Republicans since 1968.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@hunkalove I'm trying to imagine where we would be if Democrat presidents had filled all of their wish lists. :) Hell comes to mind.
Strictgram · 70-79, C
@hunkalove False.
InHeaven · F
Joke Biden loves to talk shit
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
Democrats have no concept of logistics...

costs of diesel fuel and fertilizer has a domino effect on agriculture and livestock...
redredred · M
It’s really the Uniparty. The democrats want to destroy you quickly while the republicans are willing to take it slowly.
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1490wayb · 56-60, M
and the friendly chinese own smithfield!!
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@1490wayb Imagine what else they will be buying as US stocks continue their nose dive.
BigBulge · 41-45, M
That's just crazy talk.
SW-User
Do you honestly believe that Trump, McConnell, Cruz, Gaetz, Alito, Thomas, etc are Democrats?

Please explain how that would be possible?

You realize you just had 4 straight years of the "deep state" being led by the alt-right, correct?

You realize the right has control of SCOTUS, correct?
redredred · M
@SW-User You realize that two years ago gasoline was $2.19/ga and it’s $4.45/ga today and that Biden’s inflation started loooooong before Putin invaded Ukraine.
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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@MarmeeMarch sippy-cups cabinet.


 
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