(October 11, 2023 at 7:58 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:So Russia controlling Ukraine's grain supply doesn't threaten the US.(October 11, 2023 at 7:28 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: 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.
Quote: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.Why don't developing countries pay for war in Ukraine? Their combined GDP is $40 trillion. They can afford it.
Quote:You don't represent all American taxpayers. I don't have pro-Putin agenda. I'm simply asking questions.(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.