You don't get it, Elwapo, they're not doing it because of COOL, they're doing it simply because they can because of lack of competition and they're blaming it on COOL because they want you to help them get rid of it because COOL takes away a huge tool they use against you - and you're falling for it. Under that label, where is the justification for a discount?
Dang right I'm a capitalist, and one of the things that is necessary for capitalism to work is competition. You clearly don't have competition or there would be no unjustified discounting. Myself and others have been fighting concentration to bring back competition, and we're trying to enhance competition by breaking the stranglehold the big packers have on the industry that doesn't allow US producers and Canadian producers to compete for the consumer's choice. You're defending a system of no competition where only a couple mega-packers control everything - and you're accusing me of corporate colonialism? You've got it backwards.
Elwapo, in order to survive against the wave of South American beef that both of our sold-out governments are going to allow via this free trade horseshit, we're going to have to be able to compete for the CONSUMER'S dollar. There we have a chance because we can actively market our product as safe, quality, local, etc.... - whatever angle we think will work to move our product. However, we need COOL do to this. If we don't have COOL, we're going to be competing against South America for the PACKER'S dollar, and they're going to be first and foremost talking price. Elwapo, neither the US nor Canada can compete on price. South American can sell and make a profit under our cost of production. How much beef do you think we'll be able to sell in that market? What kind of living are you going to make?