Trump administration mulling $10 billion aid package for U.S. farmers, sources say
The Trump administration is considering a significant financial aid package for farmers, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The package could include more than $10 billion in relief.
The White House is focusing on soybean farmers, since they've been hard hit by the Chinese boycott on American soybeans. Discussions about the package are still in early stages, one of the sources said.
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The actual solution to all the problems caused by right wingers seems to always be socialism.
Oddly enough very correct.
Maybe the farmers should just sell their soy beans to the US manufacturers of Soy products instead /s
That is the irony. They can push for Americans to eat more soy products, but people can't come close to consuming as much soy as the livestock we feed it to. And with beef prices continuing to skyrocket, people can't afford to eat beef either. We should have been cutting subsidies for corn and soy and using that money to invest in farmers growing actual food for actual people. But that's harder to profit from so big daddy corporate ag made sure the gravy train kept rolling.
Shut up and eat your soya steak!
I'm sure American farmers will appreciate getting half as much as the Argentinians
The implementation of this will be delayed long enough for most of them to have to sell their land to Big Ag, THEN they'll distribute the money based on who owns those soybean farms (now).
How much of that would actually go to small farmers and not just get eaten by giant corporations? I'd be willing to bet basically all of it and the only reason Trump is doing this is because those mega farm corps are lining his pocket for it.
and they can use the grift to buy-out the rest.
From the book Catch 22:
Can't wait for one of my coworkers to speak positively of this move so I can ask them why they're praising SOCIALISM
I mean, I think the world would be a better place if capitalism died and socialism were recognized as being far superior, but I can say with 100% certainty that THEY do NOT.
there will be some magical reason why the handout is justified for them.
It's always "well the lazy democrats will take it so it's perfectly fine for one of us to take it so they can't have it" or some variation.
It's a $10 billion rebate.
can't be having the red-state farmers turning on them because of (the expected by everyone with more than three brain cells) policy failures.
they're just looking to buy continuing 'support' and mid-term votes.
More like another $10 billion welfare check for the wealthy.
Since when in this administration did a discussion being in the early stages stop an announcement?
round 2, fight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts
Something, something… waste, fraud and abuse.
Fuck that, they voted for it. Let them eat soybeans.
Quick plant some soybeans, in order to grab some loot.