If I were in charge...

If I were in charge, I would end farm and ethanol production subsidies in the US.  They upset the price of goods the world over.  It's not a big deal in the US, where we tend to spend little of our income on food.  (If the price of a loaf of bread goes up a nickel, we can probably handle it.)  But if you live in a poor part of the world, even a small increase in the price of rice, corn, or wheat may mean the difference between life and death.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/31/global-food-crisis-guatemala-system-failure

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