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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do soybean farmers have in common with Stormy Daniels?
Theyre being paid to keep quiet after getting screwed by Donald Trump.
https://slate.com/business/2018/07/trumps-usd12-billion-aid-to-farmers-affected-by-tariffs-doesnt-make-tariffs-ok.html
What do soybean farmers have in common with Stormy Daniels? Theyre being paid to keep quiet after getting screwed by Donald Trump. The administration announced Tuesday that it will provide $12 billion in temporary aid to agricultural producers who have been swept up in the presidents widening trade war.
Trumps trade policies have faced especially harsh criticism from farmers, as countries like China and Mexico have retaliated against the administrations aggressive use of tariffs by placing their own taxes on U.S. agricultural exports, including soybeans, dairy, pork, and more. The new bailout package is presumably meant to hush some of those complaints by providing a lifeline to producers whose overseas sales are imperiled. The government is pursuing a three-part scheme in which it will pay farmers directly, buy excess food, and use trade promotion efforts to open up additional foreign markets. As the Washington Post reports, it is being pitched as a specifically short-term effort, intended to keep farmers afloat this harvest season until what officials predicted would be a successful conclusion to trade negotiations.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)and I can even buy a porn DVD of the soybeans
Ohiogal
(31,963 posts)Welcome to DU!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)mutant beyond all decency...