Economy More socialism for farmers

[HockeyBjj]

Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China

A White House official says President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.

apnews.com

President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.

Farmers have backed Trump politically, but his aggressive trade policies and frequently changing tariff rates have come under increasing scrutiny because of the impact on the agricultural sector and because of broader consumer worries.

Upwards of $11 billion is set aside for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which the White House says will offer one-time payments to farmers for row crops.

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Bailout for people who voted for this madness against their own self interests. I really don't like my tax money going to this. If you're a voting bloc that voted for trump you get government cash, if not you get funding stripped away from needed programs.

 

[heloder]

Turns out MAGA were the real welfare queens after all.

Any minute now I expect to hear breaking news that Trump was born in Kenya.

 

[Prutfis]

Was it 16 Billion in his first term?

 

[Deaths Head]

Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China

A White House official says President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion aid package for U.S. farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.

apnews.com

President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.

Farmers have backed Trump politically, but his aggressive trade policies and frequently changing tariff rates have come under increasing scrutiny because of the impact on the agricultural sector and because of broader consumer worries.

Upwards of $11 billion is set aside for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which the White House says will offer one-time payments to farmers for row crops.

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Bailout for people who voted for this madness against their own self interests. I really don't like my tax money going to this. If you're a voting bloc that voted for trump you get government cash, if not you get funding stripped away from needed programs.

Is he also refunding all the farm businesses he bankrupted ? Lol

 

[syct23]

Will you guys relax,

With the excess money coming in from the tariffs there is plenty to go around…

 

[Deaths Head]

“We're going to take some of that tariff money that we made, we're going to give it to our farmers,"

So he’s taking unlawful tarriff money and bypassing Congress to solely make this decision ?

The same Tarriffs that permanently destroyed businesses and is only a short term relief here while they will continue to struggle exporting to other countries and it will just be a circle jerk ?

Oh gee thanx Donald , once again you put a small patch on a huge shit hole you created.

 

[Natural Order]

Instant replay of first term and results of tariffs.

You don’t say!

 

[nixkid]

I'm sure the many conservative farmers in America will remain principled and will turn down government assistance since they are strongly opposed to the idea.

 

[Madmick]

Will you guys relax,

With the excess money coming in from the tariffs there is plenty to go around…

It's true this isn't effectively drawing from tax revenue, unless something has changed, but last I checked, and this has already been discussed on Sherdog, something like 80% of tariff revenue was being devoted to agricultural subsidies, so nearly the entirety of the tariff surplus (which is really just a glorified consumer tax of the American people in the first place) is funding these handouts.

Of course there was always going to be a cost to confronting China. I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this. Although what we are really confronting is our own addiction to cheap Asian goods because we're a junkie that can't quit of our own volition, so Trump is trying to be Betty Ford restraining us in our rehab cell.

So I don't really know what the right thing to do is. Seems like a rock and a hard place.

 

[44nutman]

I heard Trump dropped all the Tariffs on hand make up.

 

[johnsmithjohnson]

It's true this isn't effectively drawing from tax revenue, unless something has changed, but last I checked, and this has already been discussed on Sherdog, something like 80% of tariff revenue was being devoted to agricultural subsidies, so nearly the entirety of the tariff surplus (which is really just a glorified consumer tax of the American people in the first place) is funding these handouts.

Of course there was always going to be a cost to confronting China. I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this. Although what we are really confronting is our own addiction to cheap Asian goods because we're a junkie that can't quit of our own volition, so Trump is trying to be Betty Ford restraining us in our rehab cell.

So I don't really know what the right thing to do is. Seems like a rock and a hard place.

Don't bail the farmers out. I have 30+ cousins who are farmers. They are doing fine. It's stupid farmers and argocorps.
When business fail they go out of business in capitalism. Unless this is "socialism for my supporters the economy" that's it. This socialism for my supporter crap has led us down this road in 2008, 2020. Socialism doesn't work even if it's for supporters of the current candidate.

 

[johnsmithjohnson]

I heard Trump dropped all the Tariffs on hand make up.

And orange women's foundation make up. Sorry had to. I can't get over it the fact the people who hate men in womens make up, elected a man in Orange women's make up. Still boogles the mind

 

[Damien Karras]

Anyone know why American farmers wear hats with a curved lid?

It's from the amount of times they stick their heads in the mailboxes to look for their govrnment cheques.

 

[Madmick]

Don't bail the farmers out. I have 30+ cousins who are farmers. They are doing fine. It's stupid farmers and argocorps.
When business fail they go out of business in capitalism. Unless this is "socialism for my supporters the economy" that's it. This socialism for my supporter crap has led us down this road in 2008, 2020. Socialism doesn't work even if it's for supporters of the current candidate.

Generally I agree with that, but in a situation where the farmers are only left without a market for their crops because of the political policies of the sitting President incurring retaliatory measures from the people who buy their crops, the free market has already been corrupted, so your "socialism for my supporters" comment doesn't square, here.

 

[johnsmithjohnson]

Generally I agree with that, but in a situation where the farmers are only left without a market for their crops because of the political policies of the sitting President incurring retaliatory measures from the people who buy their crops, the free market has already been corrupted, so your "socialism for my supporters" comment doesn't square, here.

That's sure some circular logic. Is this Bait?

 

[johnsmithjohnson]

Socialism doesn't work. We should not bail out failing businesses. That's my very simple point

If you want socialism for the farmers, talk to a liberal. Not me. And those liberals, given the snap hunger games bullshit just played with 16 million kids probably aren't happy with the you or maga.

It's that simple to me.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Generally I agree with that, but in a situation where the farmers are only left without a market for their crops because of the political policies of the sitting President incurring retaliatory measures from the people who buy their crops, the free market has already been corrupted, so your "socialism for my supporters" comment doesn't square, here.

Too bad every economist in the country said the tariffs wouldn't do anything besides hurt Americans. If only someone would have let Trump know that beforehand.

If only . . .

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Trump wants to further increase the price of food​

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he will impose severe tariffs on fertilizer from Canada if he deems it necessary.“A lot of it does come in from Canada, and so we’ll end up putting very severe tariffs on that, if we have to, because that’s the way you want to bolster here,” Trump said during an event in the White House Cabinet Room.

Trump says he will put ‘very severe tariffs’ on Canadian fertilizer if needed

Donald Trump warned on Monday that he will impose severe tariffs on fertilizer from Canada if he deems it necessary.

www.ctvnews.ca

guys, relax. rapey von shitzenpantz can single handedly crop dust america directly from his own rotten bowels.

 

[nostradumbass]

Whoa, that's almost as much for growing the country's food as Somali migrants get from their various welfare fraud schemes.

 

[Prutfis]

Whoa, that's almost as much for growing the country's food as Somali migrants get from their various welfare fraud schemes.

Whats the number for the fraud committed by people pardoned by Trump?