Farm Bill expires today and if House members dont act fast, the price of milk could double for middle-class farmers ow.ly/e6kfV
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Chuck Schumer (@ChuckSchumer) September 30, 2012If the price of milk doubled, wouldn’t that be good for middle-class dairy farmers?
Some of Schumer’s Twitter followers were understandably confused:
@ChuckSchumer Price, or cost?—
Ian B. (@iboudreau) September 30, 2012
Schumer later clarified he was talking about the impact on middle-class families, not middle-class farmers:
Correction: middle class families—
Chuck Schumer (@ChuckSchumer) September 30, 2012
That makes much more sense, but why would the price of milk double only for middle-class families? What about upper-class families, lower-class families, and individuals of all incomes?
@ChuckSchumer it wouldn't double for anyone else? Pretty stupid tweet.—
James Fedkiw (@Jfedkiw) September 30, 2012
For that matter, where is it written that the price of milk must be controlled by the government? Why not let the market determine such things?
@ChuckSchumer The price of Milk is artificial if that is the case and it is time we paid the correct price for it.—
Poetmaggie (@poetmaggie) September 30, 2012
Finally, if low food prices are so desirable, why is Congress propping up the price of sugar and other agricultural products?
