Some of what you say is true...but the government doesn't set the price on most things the farmer produces.. They do tell ya what you can and can't plant but only if you take government subsidies such as CRP. As far as milk it is the same thing. If you are in governmet price support programs then they control the price of milk. If you as a producer want to stay in an open market program then the price is not fixed...or guaranteed. Now if ya want to go that far then any oil produced on governmet leases maybe should be price controlled. How would you control the price? Just say we won't let them sell it for more than 50 bucks a bbl and it can only be sold here in the US? As a farmer I sold my crops for the going prices...planted what i wanted and took the chances on the yield and final price. I didn't take subsidies but many farmers do...but they can buy out of those price contracts if they can see they can make more profit on their own. Hate to say it but you aren't comparing apples with apples. I am sure there are many other things you can think of though. Gummit controlled the steel industry for a while and ergo...no steel industry now. All they want to talk of now is a "global" economy...and look at the value of a dollar now...after globalization
Oh BTW I do have an oil well here on the property...and I don't even own it...maybe a part but not the whole thing. You are right though...the EPA can be a pain in our A$$ or a pain in theirs