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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Well, tRump did subsidize those farmers with billions of taxpayer $$ when his tariffs on China failed the first time

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Only the first year of the disaster. Since then the agricultural sector has continued to suffer the after-effects.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

He bought em after he fucked them over. Republican strategy

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

With our money- another Rethuglican strategy

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T L Mills's avatar

Oops, sorry, Lynn Van Haren, I didn't read all the comments before I made mine.

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T L Mills's avatar

Well...WE THE PEOPLE bought them--it was our money that Trump lavished on them to buy back their fealty.

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meryl selig's avatar

Right Lynn…. Massive subsidies to Trumps farmers

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Teri's avatar

Thx. Was wondering if/how long taxpayers have been paying farmers NOT to grow.

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arne link's avatar

OMG! It's always Obama's fault. Give it a rest. Oh, wait. Now it's Biden's fault.

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Mary Jones's avatar

Farmers love him? In 2019, the agricultural sector had record high levels of debt and the most bankruptcies since 2011. Mostly small farmsteads.

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