The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoBeware the Midwestlemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1606
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minus-squareneuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s a result of Jimmy Carter’s dairy subsidies. There was a Planet Money episode about it, and the origin of the phrase “government cheese”: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/08/31/643486297/episode-862-big-government-cheese
minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agoEveryone makes fun of it, but that shit was sooooo damn good. My aunt and uncle got government cheese when I was really little, and I loved going over for visits and grilled cheese, lol.
It’s a result of Jimmy Carter’s dairy subsidies. There was a Planet Money episode about it, and the origin of the phrase “government cheese”:
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/08/31/643486297/episode-862-big-government-cheese
Everyone makes fun of it, but that shit was sooooo damn good. My aunt and uncle got government cheese when I was really little, and I loved going over for visits and grilled cheese, lol.