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Ask HN: Your thoughts on the Proposition 12?

3 points by JerryPMiller ↗ HN
Hi,

Let's assume that we made it more expensive to produce the staple foods such as eggs and chicken meat. We have a certain population of people subsisting on food stamps. Given we don't want to starve them, they need to be compensated for the corollary increase in the price. Is there a financial mechanism that ensures such a compensation?

Sincerely yours, Jerry Miller

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taprun
Why do they have to be compensated at all? They can eat a vegan diet without starving. This will further reduce animal suffering (the very goal of the proposition).