Trump Readies $20 Billion for Farmers Hurt By Trade War

[applegrove]

Trump Readies $20 Billion for Farmers Hurt By Trade War

May 15, 2019 at 8:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 102 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/15/trump-readies-20-billion-in-aid-for-farmers-hurt-by-trade-war/


"SNIP....

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the Trump administration “could make as much as $20 billion available to farmers in a second round of assistance designed to help offset losses from China’s latest retaliatory tariffs,” Politico reports.

“The second installment of trade aid is being modeled after the one last year. USDA pledged up to $12 billion in assistance for 2018 production, mostly in the form of direct payments to farmers stung by retaliatory duties, as well as commodity purchases.”

.....SNIP"

[applegrove]

1. Socialism!!!

[Blue_true]

9. In it's rawest form. Those capitalist farmers should refuse it and let the free market do it's

thing. Like it or not dumb assed tariffs is part of the free market.

[Tech]

2. With all the votes trump and republicans are buying, our taxes are going to be going up.

[Iliyah]

3. USA going bankrupt

not just that other spending as well, although most of the monies do not reach many farmers but the pockets of the greedy.

[kimbutgar]

4. Why should I pay as a taxpayer for fat donnies wrong economic policies ?

I was pissed over the bank bailout in 2008. Why should we pay for a fat Fannie re election fund bailout to farmers?

[mr_lebowski]

5. Didn't you hear? In IQ45/RWNJ/Faux Universe, China's paying the Farmers!

[watoos]

6. This is the same thing that Trump accused China of doing,

government subsidizing an industry.

Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are coming.

[ProudLib72]

7. Snowflake welfare queens suckling at the government's teat

Suck it up farmers. Go get a real job instead of living off of government handouts that I had to pay for.

Oh, and FUCK YOU ALL!

[roamer65]

8. What happened to Repuke self-reliance?

Waste of money. End all agricultural subsidies NOW.

[clutterbox1830]

10. Why are farmers allowed to get bailouts, but no one in the media calls it?

However, when other industry request financial relief it is called a bailout.

[applegrove]

11. Or if individuals are willing to pay into a system that results in good healthcare?

That is not allowed either.

[mopinko]

12. how the fuck are they budgeting funds w/o legislation?

and while we are at it, how the fuck are they imposing tariffs unilaterally anyway?

oh, yeah, i forgot, we live in trumpfuckistan now.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. My first thoughts as well.

[safeinOhio]

13. trump to pay farmers $20billion to vote for him him,

with your money.

[SoCalDem]

14. Doesn't the house control the purse strings?

[sarabelle]

16. All this is going to do is turn the nation against farmers in the long run. They are not the only

ones being hurt by Trump's tariffs and their is no help in sight for them. Nice way to sow divisiveness within the nation.