Saturday, December 22, 2007
"Progressives of the world ... unite, er, just do it!"
Some outfit called Progressive Nashville was pissin' and moanin' about the high cost of food yesterday. ("Progressives are good at pissin' and moanin', aren't they?) I dispatched this message late last night:
How come you "progressive," i.e., statist sorts aren't blaming George W. Bush for the "worldwide" increase in food prices? Better judgement gettin' to you?
That said, I addressed the cost-of-food-is-rising issue in November 2006. I said:
"Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat processor, is warning investors and consumers that rising corn prices are leading to increased retail prices for chicken, beef and pork.
"Now, the whole meat product-increase situation has got me to thinkin'; and I have a few questions for anyone who cares to answer 'em for me. To wit:
"How come I can't find a poll in which 20 percent of Americans blame the Bush Administration for the rising cost of meat? (A Gallup poll conducted over the summer indicated that 20 percent of the voting public blamed President Bush for high gas prices.)
"When should we expect congressional hearings seeking to expose nefarious price-gouging schemes initiated by the meat industry's corporate honchos?
"When will Senator Harry "Sleepin' at the Ritz" Reid and Representative Nancy "Madame Moonbat" Pelosi flout common sense and suggest that America should dip into its "Strategic Meat Reserve" ... ?
"All kidding aside, the spike in prices for meat products, due to increased corn prices, is no different from this past summer's spike in gasoline prices, which was caused by a worldwide increase in the price of oil. Americans may not (don't) know it, but they are receiving a valuable tutorial in basic economics: growing demand, coupled with supply pressure, will increase the cost of goods and services."
In the United States, the jump in prices for meat, dairy, and a whole host of prepared foods (such as those made with corn syrup) can, for the most part, be blamed on one particular thing: Ethanol. It has become more profitable for farmers - due to subisdies supported by "Green" Democrats and farm state Republicans who should know better - to grow corn for ethanol than for livestock feed and assorted food additives.
What can "progressives" do about the increasing cost of food? First, you can stop trying to conjure up the ghosts of Karl Marx, William Jennings Bryant, Harold Ickes, Sr., John Kenneth Galbraith, and Bernie Sanders (ooops, he ain't dead yet!). Those sombitches never offered a single substantive idea to cure shortages or tame inflation. Second, you can contact every federal elected official and tell them to STOP ETHANOL SUBSIDIES NOW!
Progressives of the World ... unite, er, just do it!
How come you "progressive," i.e., statist sorts aren't blaming George W. Bush for the "worldwide" increase in food prices? Better judgement gettin' to you?
That said, I addressed the cost-of-food-is-rising issue in November 2006. I said:
"Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat processor, is warning investors and consumers that rising corn prices are leading to increased retail prices for chicken, beef and pork.
"Now, the whole meat product-increase situation has got me to thinkin'; and I have a few questions for anyone who cares to answer 'em for me. To wit:
"How come I can't find a poll in which 20 percent of Americans blame the Bush Administration for the rising cost of meat? (A Gallup poll conducted over the summer indicated that 20 percent of the voting public blamed President Bush for high gas prices.)
"When should we expect congressional hearings seeking to expose nefarious price-gouging schemes initiated by the meat industry's corporate honchos?
"When will Senator Harry "Sleepin' at the Ritz" Reid and Representative Nancy "Madame Moonbat" Pelosi flout common sense and suggest that America should dip into its "Strategic Meat Reserve" ... ?
"All kidding aside, the spike in prices for meat products, due to increased corn prices, is no different from this past summer's spike in gasoline prices, which was caused by a worldwide increase in the price of oil. Americans may not (don't) know it, but they are receiving a valuable tutorial in basic economics: growing demand, coupled with supply pressure, will increase the cost of goods and services."
In the United States, the jump in prices for meat, dairy, and a whole host of prepared foods (such as those made with corn syrup) can, for the most part, be blamed on one particular thing: Ethanol. It has become more profitable for farmers - due to subisdies supported by "Green" Democrats and farm state Republicans who should know better - to grow corn for ethanol than for livestock feed and assorted food additives.
What can "progressives" do about the increasing cost of food? First, you can stop trying to conjure up the ghosts of Karl Marx, William Jennings Bryant, Harold Ickes, Sr., John Kenneth Galbraith, and Bernie Sanders (ooops, he ain't dead yet!). Those sombitches never offered a single substantive idea to cure shortages or tame inflation. Second, you can contact every federal elected official and tell them to STOP ETHANOL SUBSIDIES NOW!
Progressives of the World ... unite, er, just do it!
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Saturday, December 22, 2007 
