Meat wars: why Biden wants to break up the powerful US beef industry
As the pandemic drives calls for a radical overhaul of the food system, can the president take on the meat giants?
The pandemic is an excuse, not a reason.
Essentially, what’s going on here is that the progressives want to be able to replace simple and set laws about antitrust with bureaucratic caprice. Because that’s what increases the power of the progressives of course.
Nice to know Biden wants to go to war against someone, I suppose…
And will it take 20 years for the forces of beef to be marching unopposed up Pennsylvania Avenue? Rather less, I would think.
From a glance at the article, it looks like the retailers may well start their own meat packing competition. No doubt the complaint will then be that wicked Walmart has strangled the independent packers to raise prices.
The only cause of price rises mentioned in the article is the covid lockdowns.
“This is not the only steak in the Sov..American Union, …..we have…..several!”
Sounds reasonable. Presumably there are no more egregious examples of monopoly/cartel power in the US today?
As the pandemic drives calls for a radical overhaul of the food system
LMFAO
“Because that’s what increases the power of the progressives” including the power to levy bribes.
Tough for it to be simultaneously both, but Grauniad.