Question - did the House approve the 12billion in subsidies for the farmers?

[malaise]

I'm curious.

[lapfog_1]

1. apparently they don't have to

Trump used a law that was passed in the great depression to send this 12B of our money to the farmers that he hurt with his stupid tariffs.

[Sherman A1]

2. I was out driving listening to npr

And heard the secretary of agriculture comment that this aid was to help the farmers get through this problem created by the tariffs. He also mentioned that the administration hadn’t foreseen this coming.

Begging the question from me to the radio, “Why the ______Not You ________ that is what you are frigging paid to do.”

[lapfog_1]

3. The price of soybeans alone

has dropped around $2.60 a bushel... and with the expected harvest of around 4 billion bushels in the US this year... that alone eats up $9B of the $12B of farm aid.

And that is only if the price is stable at around $8.50 a bushel.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. But wait........

wouldn't the Pugs and IQ45 pass this ONLY if they had assured a way to pay for it?
I mean, after all, aren't they the people worried about "how do we pay for this" and making sure the $$$ is in the budget for it?

(Oh, and just in case you weren't sure: )

[MiniMe]

5. They don't care about deficits at the current time

That is how they plan on raiding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. "We can't afford the social safety net because...deficits"

[drray23]

6. Nope. They want to take that money from an emergency

Fund that has already been appropriated.