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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If You Don't Support Bernie You Support Corporate Control Of Government [View all]Yallow
(1,926 posts)3. From The Link Wheat From $4 to $25 Per Bushel = Starvation For Millions And $$$ For GS!!!!
"Hard red spring wheat, which usually trades in the $4 to $6 dollar range per 60-pound bushel, broke all previous records as the futures contract climbed into the teens and kept on going until it topped $25. And so, from 2005 to 2008, the worldwide price of food rose 80 percent and has kept rising. "Its unprecedented how much investment capital weve seen in commodity markets," Kendell Keith, president of the National Grain and Feed Association, told me. "Theres no question theres been speculation."
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If You Don't Support Bernie You Support Corporate Control Of Government [View all]
Yallow
Dec 2015
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From The Link Wheat From $4 to $25 Per Bushel = Starvation For Millions And $$$ For GS!!!!
Yallow
Dec 2015
#3
$400,000 From Goldman Sachs For 2 Speeches - I Am Sure They Were About Reining Them In!
Yallow
Dec 2015
#5
It's the same with me. My support for Sanders over O'Malley has much to do with strategic
Betty Karlson
Dec 2015
#69
Supporting Hillary means that, intentionally or not, one is supporting her financial donors.
Maedhros
Dec 2015
#19
Great post Yallow. So may truths. "They take, we pay. We serve, they profit. We die, they reap .."
Scuba
Dec 2015
#27
O'Malley talks a good game, but his Third Way history turns me off. He reminds me of Obama...
Scuba
Dec 2015
#33
If Hillary wins the primary, and you don't support Hillary in the general, you support Donald Trump.
Squinch
Dec 2015
#40
He doesn't have the freedom to tell you what you think or support? He just did.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#55