Andrew Yang Thinks Beef Should Be More Expensive So People Will Stop Eating It

Ferlon Webster Jr. | September 20, 2019
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Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has an idea of how to make you stop eating that “climate destroying” beef you love to eat: Make it a LOT more expensive so you can’t afford it anymore.

Yang’s idea was revealed after he was asked a question at an MSNBC town hall event on Thursday.

“Realistically, the only way to curb expansion and reduce the environmental impact of the cattle industry is to reduce demand, what policy adjustments would you make to reduce demand,” a questioner asked him.

"Cattle is very energy-consuming and energy-expensive," Yang responded. "And if you project forward on what we would need to do to reduce emissions, you would want to modify Americans' diets over time.”

Yang admitted it would be difficult for government to regulate people’s diets but said cattle producers should “internalize the cost of emissions” to make beef more difficult to purchase.

"So then, what that would naturally do, and some people are going to hate this, but it would probably make those products more expensive," he continued. "And that is appropriate, because there is a cost to producing food in that way. And so if you were to make it more expensive, then you would end up changing consumption patterns."

 

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