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b_b · 3592 days ago · link · · parent · post: The War Nerd: Here’s everything you need to know about “too extreme for Al Qaeda” I.S.I.S.
Yes, I spoke incorrectly (or, rather, incompletely) when I mused about price supports for meat. What I should have said was that the government has huge price supports for fast food, because we're talking beef, wheat, corn and soy all in one package (w.r.t. the Big Mac), not to mention the welfare and food stamps required to supplement the wages of the workers for them to pay rent and sustain themselves. None of these things is a consideration in the price of a barrel of crude.