Northern Minnesota | redrobin - 6/23/2022 05:54 What I fear are the unintended consequences,” he said. “The cattle industry has made tremendous strides in meeting consumer demand since the 1990s. Investments in genetics and breeding decisions and specialized marketing have brought real returns to ranch families that have chosen to take those steps. “These investments have kept families ranching while producing high quality beef demanded by consumers. “If the incentive for those investments is taken away and the focus becomes producing the most pounds for the lowest cost, I think the industry, our ranch families, and our rural communities all will suffer. “If we insert the federal government into day-to-day business decisions, repealing that heavy hand of the government is nearly impossible,” Boozman said. How can anyone be opposed, in a supposedly free market system, to having an honest and accurate revealing of the price of a commodity?
And if you have a situation where 4 corrupt oligarchs prevent that revelation, how is it the "heavy hand of the government" to correct the situation? That is why we have a government: to protect citizens!
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