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If we are to go with “national security” explanation, infantry and navy are mostly big men who (for right or wrong reasons) prefer meat in their diet.



The national security argument is not about feeding the army what they like to eat, it's about the literal survival of the common people.


I understand that. I was making an argument why government would want to keep meat production subsidized.




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