One of the great examples of how the government participating in industry is seldom good for people.

TLDR: The government bought milk to give ice cream to the troops in WWII and that lead to the cheesy double down and “Got Milk?”.

“The Fat Electrician” on YouTube has a fairly succinct rundown on government cheese and WWII ice cream.

Government cheese was created to maintain the price of dairy as a correction for previous policies that had lead to a surplus and falling prices. I’m suggesting using stockpiles of goods to do the opposite and suppress prices.