But also the beef and cattle industry has been quietly and carefully raising the price of beef, and especially steak, ever since the pandemic and hoping no one would call them out for their blatant price gouging.
Part of this has been framed as “steak is a luxury item and so we can price it out of the reach of the poor”. Pair that with government programs silently removing steak as a buyable item on food stamp and public food programs.
Meanwhile the cattle industry has been posting all time record high profits for the last 5 years.
Ironic that the people whining about their tax dollars being used for poor people to buy steaks don’t give a shit about all the tax dollars that go to subsidizing the beef industry.
Exactly! You don’t. Your comment seems to imply that they are either getting disproportionately high income from reselling premium steaks (i.e. “not feeding world hunger” = only one person benefits from a large sum of money), or that that the income is very low (i.e. “not feeding world hunger” = you’re not making enough money to feed yourself), but the latter doesn’t make sense because any positive non-zero amount of money will get you more food than zero money. I don’t know if I’m missing another interpretation.
They’ve been doing this for the last 15 years, people steal them and sell them in pubs. Premium steaks are not feeding world hunger.
But also the beef and cattle industry has been quietly and carefully raising the price of beef, and especially steak, ever since the pandemic and hoping no one would call them out for their blatant price gouging.
Part of this has been framed as “steak is a luxury item and so we can price it out of the reach of the poor”. Pair that with government programs silently removing steak as a buyable item on food stamp and public food programs.
Meanwhile the cattle industry has been posting all time record high profits for the last 5 years.
It’s much better to avoid beef anyway, carbon cost is very high
Ironic that the people whining about their tax dollars being used for poor people to buy steaks don’t give a shit about all the tax dollars that go to subsidizing the beef industry.
How much can someone reasonably make from doing this? I feel like it would still end up being around minimum wage, if not under.
How the fuck would I know?
Exactly! You don’t. Your comment seems to imply that they are either getting disproportionately high income from reselling premium steaks (i.e. “not feeding world hunger” = only one person benefits from a large sum of money), or that that the income is very low (i.e. “not feeding world hunger” = you’re not making enough money to feed yourself), but the latter doesn’t make sense because any positive non-zero amount of money will get you more food than zero money. I don’t know if I’m missing another interpretation.
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