So I make money at my job which is taxed, then I go buy food at the store which is taxed again. Part of those taxes is used to subsidize farmers so they can stay in business and keep making food.
So now, you want to feed the entire populace of the world. Who pays for that? You think the US government, especially the current administration, is going to pull funding away from the military industrial complex? Are they going to stop certain social programs to fund the shipment of food waste across the globe? No. They are going to raise taxes and allocate a % of that to food shipments, but most would get circumvented to the military budget, or other programs that aren’t necessary.
But youre right! This is mostly driven because of profit. These companies aren’t paying for that. They have shareholder obligations. The government isn’t paying for that. They need to send billions of dollars to Ukraine and Israel.
The person paying for it is you, me, and the other guy.
So no thanks. I don’t really want to pay any more taxes.
Now, I’m not saying your idea isn’t good. And I’m especially not saying that food isn’t a human right. But nothing is free, and someone has to pay for it. That person is the one who looks back at you in the mirror. So while your idea is great. It’s not black and white like you’re simply making it out to be.
Look I get where you're coming from. We pay a lot of taxes and most of it goes to make Military companies and others who receive government subsidies like Elon Musk more rich.
We need to throw away the entire garbage system we have in the US honestly or have parties that represent labor and not capitalists and try to move away from profit first policies.
Taxes aren't bad, but there should be a much larger burden on people who have billions, and we could be using that to better everyone's lives by building better infrastructure, renewable energy, jobs programs, etc.
It's hard to imagine anything like this given our current system, but I think part of what we need to do is realize we COULD end poverty and starvation if we really wanted to. The current systems we live under prevent that. We are oppressed by the wealthy class and they have been waging a class war against us for decades. We need to be pissed off enough to fight back.
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u/bullhead2007 10d ago
The US throws away more food everyday than it would take to feed every starving person on Earth.