E-Vader says "Contrary to the situation peaqueen refers to the CWB must factor in global demand by country, by class, by grade, by ocean freight availability, and by price and couple this with on farm inventories, contract commitments, weather, road condition, and probably a few more I have forgotten."
Nice of you to make the case for us. For a central planner to be successful in this he needs perfect knowledge of every aspect, all of the time, then make perfect decisions and have them implemented perfectly. You can't even remember what all the components of step 1 are, let alone what is happening with each one.
E-Vader says "Many out there will say that the open market system responds and handles this just fine. Well does it? At what cost? To whose benefit?"
The answer is yes it would and yes it does, the cost is less because the incentives are in the right place as are the penalties. Those who get the job done are rewarded those who don't get penalized. Over the long haul everyone benefits. The only job of the government is to make sure the contracts are honoured. When they do this the rest takes care of itself.
You don't need someone or a group with perfect knowledge(something that never exists in the real world anyways) because every step along the way knows and looks after its own little piece of the puzzle. You don't even have to know what all of the piece's are. Economists call this spontaneous order.
E-Vader says "I think that an organization such as the CWB with a "big picture" view of the industry from farmgate to customer is much more able to make the right decisions and put money in the farmers pocket"
You think, you think, you think. But you have no proof. Why do you have no proof, because you have no evidence. Why do you have no evidence? Because as many people have pointed out on previous post the evidence runs contrary to your conclusions.
And your big picture view is actually a very small one, centered on three little letters <b>C W B</b> and what benefits it.
Speaking of evidence and the question of costs. Why is it according to the governments annual grain transportation and handling monitor that the total export basis of board grains controlled by the central planners on 423 main street is anywhere from $17-30.00 onne or 30-43% more than the more free market oriented canola?
Nice of you to make the case for us. For a central planner to be successful in this he needs perfect knowledge of every aspect, all of the time, then make perfect decisions and have them implemented perfectly. You can't even remember what all the components of step 1 are, let alone what is happening with each one.
E-Vader says "Many out there will say that the open market system responds and handles this just fine. Well does it? At what cost? To whose benefit?"
The answer is yes it would and yes it does, the cost is less because the incentives are in the right place as are the penalties. Those who get the job done are rewarded those who don't get penalized. Over the long haul everyone benefits. The only job of the government is to make sure the contracts are honoured. When they do this the rest takes care of itself.
You don't need someone or a group with perfect knowledge(something that never exists in the real world anyways) because every step along the way knows and looks after its own little piece of the puzzle. You don't even have to know what all of the piece's are. Economists call this spontaneous order.
E-Vader says "I think that an organization such as the CWB with a "big picture" view of the industry from farmgate to customer is much more able to make the right decisions and put money in the farmers pocket"
You think, you think, you think. But you have no proof. Why do you have no proof, because you have no evidence. Why do you have no evidence? Because as many people have pointed out on previous post the evidence runs contrary to your conclusions.
And your big picture view is actually a very small one, centered on three little letters <b>C W B</b> and what benefits it.
Speaking of evidence and the question of costs. Why is it according to the governments annual grain transportation and handling monitor that the total export basis of board grains controlled by the central planners on 423 main street is anywhere from $17-30.00 onne or 30-43% more than the more free market oriented canola?
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