Not an opinion, but consider how different the US might be if the largest corporations were 1/8th their current size, each competing unsubsidized against 7 other similar sized companies, at least in the beginning.
Dutch Farmers Storm To Victory In Regional Elections, Set To Become Largest Party In The Senate
"Voters dealt a hammer blow to the Dutch establishment in Wednesday’s regional elections, propelling the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) to become the largest party in the Senate in just its first election.
Exit polls projected the movement will win 15 seats in the Dutch upper chamber as voters sent a clear message to Mark Rutte’s government over its planned nitrogen emissions laws campaigners say will devastate the country’s agricultural sector.
“The Dutch have clearly shown that they are fed up with the policy,” BBB leader Caroline van der Plas told De Telegraaf late on Wednesday. “I’m going to party.”
“The turnaround has started. The voters have spoken and have denounced support of this government,” she added in a tweet."
Exit polls projected the movement will win 15 seats in the Dutch upper chamber as voters sent a clear message to Mark Rutte’s government over its planned nitrogen emissions laws campaigners say will devastate the country’s agricultural sector.
“The Dutch have clearly shown that they are fed up with the policy,” BBB leader Caroline van der Plas told De Telegraaf late on Wednesday. “I’m going to party.”
“The turnaround has started. The voters have spoken and have denounced support of this government,” she added in a tweet."
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Interesting thought. I'd settle for any size if they could compete unsubsidized, but what you suggest might be ideal. None of them would remain that size for long, I'd guess.
You've got to admit that the people really do love Biden. Why, some of his campaign rallys in 2020 had as many as 12 people show up. That's true love.After seeing what the Washington establishment did, and continues to do, to the outsider that got elected president, I'm sure Washington won't let any Farmer Citizen Movement gain traction. The NEWS will make them into the kook party, not worthy of a vote.
Teddy Roosevelt was popular and talked about breaking up monopolies. Big Business thought the best way to shut him up would be to make him Vice President. But their plan failed when the President died. So, Teddy was able to bust up Standard Oil, US Steel and the railroad trusts. The political machine won't let that happen again.
Seemed Hillary was the clear winner, but they underestimated the Deplorables. The over $2 Billion spent by big business to get Hillary elected wasn't enough. So, after pounding away at Donald for four years, Democrats added 20,000,000 more voters than voted for Hillary, to vote for Biden. Trump increased his voter turnout by 13,000,000 from his original win.
I can see Washington putting in a huge effort to squash any people's movement that might upset "The Swamp".
Can you provide any examples of subsidies that contribute to the public good? And any links to where in the Constitution the government gets the authority to make subsidies for the public good?Since the Feds get to control what farm products get exported and imported and that controls the the price of those farm products, wouldn't they be entitled to some sort of compensation to stay in business. The only subsities that I am aware of, contributes to the public good.
CRP is one that I know about. Conservation reserve pays the farmer to leave a wide swath of farmland natural. Provides habitat for wildlife, establishes meadows near streams and rivers, reducing erosion. There are cost shares to build fences to keep livestock away from streams, encouraging farmers to protect the environment.Can you provide any examples of subsidies that contribute to the public good? And any links to where in the Constitution the government gets the authority to make subsidies for the public good?
Government crop insurance keeps farmers from going broke in a bad year. This stabilizes the year to year crop prices. A stable price for farm products makes groceries more affordable.
When farmers invest in a crop, but the Federal Government sets international trade policies and wants to punish a big buyer of those crops, the farmer is left with a crop and the government should hold some responsability for the farmers loss.
I'm sure there isn't anything in the Constitution that provides the hundreds of different welfare programs. The subsidies to farmers is a tiny amount when compared to what is spent in caring for those that don't work.
But without the government sticking their nose into agriculture, we'd see huge spikes and valleys in prices. Likely many farmers would go out of business, putting more farming into the hands of corporations.
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