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It is also said that the farm bill encourages production of the "least healthy" foods. Come on! Corn, beef and dairy products are part of a wholesome, balanced diet. Critics are attacking the wrong issue. As a society, yes we are grappling with our weight. It's not food, it's our lack of physical activity and excess intake of calories by many Americans.
A terrible spin to a flawed argument. This particular quote cheesed me off the most. Look at the ingredients to fatty, unhealthy foods. What do you see at the top of the list? More than likely, high fructose corn syrup. We sweeten just about everything with subsidized corn. Also, ever ask yourself why you can get a burger at McD's for less money than, say, a head of broccoli? Because we force feed that cow, not on farms but feed lots, stuffing it full and fat with subsidized corn.
Processed foods are not mentioned here. This fool disingenuously argues that subsidies go to healthy foods. Subsidies contribute to fatty foods, frozen foods, processed foods. Look at the nutrition labels sometimes. See what your taxes are funding. Look at the ingredient list for validation. We forget all too easy that everything we eat was alive at one point; that it all comes from the ground originally. That's true of Cheeto's, Sugar Puffs, ho-ho's and Pop-Tarts.
Further, trumpeting the conservation measures in the farm bill is disingenuous as well. These conservation measures are necessitated by the destructive farming practices that subsidies encourage. As an ardent environmentalist, subsidized agriculture wreaks havoc upon the earth, in the form of soil depredation, habitat destruction and agricultural pollution, and all so we can get a burger on the dollar menu and so a Twinkie can be cheaper than an apple.
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