I think my point is less about the impact of subsidies per se and more about what their presence tells us about the effective difficulty of taxing meat. In other words, the same political forces that give rise to these subsidies would also fight any attempt to tax meat. If you don’t think it’s realistic to end meat subsidies, then I argue you should also think it’s not realistic to start meat taxes.
I think my point is less about the impact of subsidies per se and more about what their presence tells us about the effective difficulty of taxing meat. In other words, the same political forces that give rise to these subsidies would also fight any attempt to tax meat. If you don’t think it’s realistic to end meat subsidies, then I argue you should also think it’s not realistic to start meat taxes.