This is simply the most basic of economic intersections. Prices based on supply and demand. Government inflated the price of cheese by buying at a set price higher than demand. This incentivized increased production of cheese, which resulted in a mountain of excess.
The opposite is true as well. When socialists put in price controls, supply goes down resulting in shortages.
I get SUCH an education from you, Jason. The figures you cited were staggering. But I would offer a counterargument that the 1949 Agricultural Act may have been created by God's infinite wisdom. Certainly, no one in 1949 could have anticipated that Jimmy Carter would ever be elected and it was wonderful that this mountain of cheese could be given to the poor by the Reagan administration. As I learned just now in a conversation with my wife, that government cheese was delicious and, since families got these large slabs of cheese, more than they could eat, it led to poor families helping other poor families and confirmed the decency, the humanity, and the Christianity that existed in America just 40 years ago.
While I can, and would, argue that the subsidies weren't a good idea from a government and economic point of view (at least, in the way it was designed), I can't, and won't argue, that it wasn't part of God's plan. I have no way of knowing, of course. Though, it could be another instance where God used our mistakes for good.
On a side note, my grandmother made absolutely the best grilled cheese sandwiches from the butter and cheese she got through the program.
Proverbs 12:5 is so significant. I normally think with my head, and it serves me well. But I definitely can tell when the heart tries to lead. This article has some powerful truths that everyone NEEDS to realize. I'm glad I read it and grasp it so well. Ty.
I'm (presently) surprised that the cheese wasn't wasted. It's amazing how God brings good from our mistakes.
Also, what a timely lesson. I've been spending more time making plans for next year than I have been praying about what God wants. It's time to change that.
Who knew cheese was so complicated? Fascinating article! And very thought provoking - as much as we want good intentions to be enough, we need to surrender it to the Lord and ask for His wisdom.
This is simply the most basic of economic intersections. Prices based on supply and demand. Government inflated the price of cheese by buying at a set price higher than demand. This incentivized increased production of cheese, which resulted in a mountain of excess.
The opposite is true as well. When socialists put in price controls, supply goes down resulting in shortages.
It should be basic economic logic, yet somehow the government never seems to think things through to the logical conclusion.
I get SUCH an education from you, Jason. The figures you cited were staggering. But I would offer a counterargument that the 1949 Agricultural Act may have been created by God's infinite wisdom. Certainly, no one in 1949 could have anticipated that Jimmy Carter would ever be elected and it was wonderful that this mountain of cheese could be given to the poor by the Reagan administration. As I learned just now in a conversation with my wife, that government cheese was delicious and, since families got these large slabs of cheese, more than they could eat, it led to poor families helping other poor families and confirmed the decency, the humanity, and the Christianity that existed in America just 40 years ago.
While I can, and would, argue that the subsidies weren't a good idea from a government and economic point of view (at least, in the way it was designed), I can't, and won't argue, that it wasn't part of God's plan. I have no way of knowing, of course. Though, it could be another instance where God used our mistakes for good.
On a side note, my grandmother made absolutely the best grilled cheese sandwiches from the butter and cheese she got through the program.
Proverbs 12:5 is so significant. I normally think with my head, and it serves me well. But I definitely can tell when the heart tries to lead. This article has some powerful truths that everyone NEEDS to realize. I'm glad I read it and grasp it so well. Ty.
I'm (presently) surprised that the cheese wasn't wasted. It's amazing how God brings good from our mistakes.
Also, what a timely lesson. I've been spending more time making plans for next year than I have been praying about what God wants. It's time to change that.
I think we all probably do!
Who knew cheese was so complicated? Fascinating article! And very thought provoking - as much as we want good intentions to be enough, we need to surrender it to the Lord and ask for His wisdom.
It's harder than it seems I think!
Benevolence is the work of the church, not Caesar.
Agreed.