(October 11, 2023 at 7:28 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(October 10, 2023 at 12:05 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Incorrect. Because grain is a commodity market, higher prices abroad drive higher domestic prices as well -- same as the oil markets.Ban grain exports and there won't be any inflation.
And American famers an get the shaft, sure. We grow so much grain here we cannot sell it all domestically. And, because (again) grain is a commodity, us withdrawing from the market will drive up grain pries, worsening the deprivation suffered in the poorer parts of the world. Finally, that would play into Putin's hands, and that means we ought to suffer the inflation rather than help Russia in its brutal invasion.
(October 11, 2023 at 7:28 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: I'm not an American. Why does it matter to you?
Because as an American taxpayer, I can speak for myself and do not need you or your false worries about my money "speaking" for me, especially when you do so in such an obvious, agenda-laden manner. If you want to shill for Putin and his rapacious invasion, you need to do so on your own merits, not by using us as a cudgel.
Of course, that means you'll need to justify your Russian atrocities without this fake concern of yours.
tl/dr: Shut the fuck up presuming you speak for the American taxpayer. Your concern is fake and agenda-driven.
