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The food riots haven't really gotten started yet, but they are certainly coming.
"The food riots haven't really gotten started yet"
They have already started. Look at what has already happend in Egypt, Bangladesh and the Philippines
The BBC has been reporting on this since April
Our press is more interested in the presidential campaign and guessing who will be on the ticket as VP
Reality is that what has taken place are but the first skirmishes and the clashes are going to intensify as foolish policies and crop shortages continue to jack up the price of basic foodstuffs.
Were the current administration on top of things it would place a moratorium of the building/expansion of new plants and the dramatically scale back the production of ethanol that is based on food crops. This would free up countless thousands of bushels of corn and dramatically increase the amount of food available on the world market.
I've posted some excerpts from articles on the farm bill that the House just passed
Goggle "House passes farm bill" and read the articles
They seem determined to make the situation worse