WH readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's...

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump’s escalating trade war

By Washington Post Staff
July 24 at 10:39 AM

An announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, according to two people briefed on the matter. This is the latest sign that growing tensions between the United States and other countries will not end soon.

Farm groups have complained that Trump’s tariffs on foreign imports have led other countries to retaliate with tariffs on U.S. products, jeopardizing farmers’ overseas sales of soybeans and other crops.

Under the White House plan, the money will be disbursed in at least three ways, coming through direct assistance, a food purchase and distribution program, and a trade promotion program.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/24/white-house-readies-plan-to-extend-about-12-billion-in-emergency-aid-to-farmers-caught-in-trumps-escalating-trade-war/

[dalton99a]

1. Cash bribes work wonders. Farmers have been expecting this

[ArizonaLib]

31. Welfare and bailouts

Many of these farmers keep voting for politicians sponsored by big AG, free trade and Monsanto. They also know that a one-time cash infusion will not do much for next year and the years following. Not only that, but guess who is going to get most, if not all of that money? BIG AG, Monsanto, etc. Not wishing at all wishing bad on family farmers, just hoping they will organize against those who have pummeled them for decades.

[Moostache]

2. How is this "limited government"?

And exactly how is this NOT buying votes with federal dollars?

Fucking hypocrites, all of them....the religious zealots, the "free-marketers", the GOP in toto...makes me want to vomit.

[greymattermom]

3. So this will save them this year, maybe,

but their future incomes are shot unless they plan to do an emergency appropriation every year. Maybe reducing farming will save the Ogalala Aquifer, or maybe it will reduce fertilizer and animal waste in the water supply. I'd like to see an article on the long term effects of reducing farming in the US.

[aggiesal]

4. The farmers will love it ...

until they find out they'll only get pennies on the dollar, then still vote for IQ45.

[Botany]

5. So they are taking tax money to pay off farmers who will lose big time because of Trump's fuck ups?

Making America Great Again!

So much winning.

[Freethinker65]

6. Bribe money from where exactly? Who will be forced to sacrifice for those Republican voters?

[bettyellen]

19. New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and the state of NJ , of course.

There ought to be a rule about limiting red state welfare.

[DBoon]

28. Those of us who can no longer fully deduct local taxes

on our Federal returns, in other words

[Lonestarblue]

33. We need to equate bailouts like this to cuts in Medicare and Social Security.

Add Medicaid, Snap, and the child health programs. We can ask why taxpayers who did not vote for Trump are now having to bail them out solely because of Trump’s stipid decision to start trade wars with the world.

[snowybirdie]

7. I bet

the majority of funds will go to the big corporate farms and the little guys will be at the end of the line

[Delmette2.0]

9. Bingo!

The Repubs keep talking about the small family owned farms but know most of the funds will go to the corporate farms.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Gotta love it when Government Planners engineer the economy and push socialist bailouts.

.

Dang, this is the crazy shit that the lunatic F. A. Hayek wrote about.

Unfortunately, the fascist planners are conservatives, while he tried to assign fascism as a manifestation of liberalism.

.

[Permanut]

10. They'll probably turn it down..

Don't need no gubmint handouts.

[Delmette2.0]

11. Billions of pounds of meat in storage.

While people in other countries will go hungry and our producers go broke.

[Sophia4]

12. So, socialism for farmers?

But not for city-dwellers?

What???

[arithia]

13. and what social welfare program will they pull THIS money from?

The cost of reunification is coming from AIDS programs. They have cut veterans healthcare. They have proposed massive changes to Medicare payment schedules that will result in doctors abandoning their Medicare contracts or patients. They keep trying to cut SNAP, which pumps more money into the economy than they spend on it.

So... who is it that will suffer for this bribe to farmlandia?

[Achilleaze]

14. The Bribe (R)

This is so evil. republicans are a moral disgrace.

[KPN]

15. Appease the base, appease the base, appease the base ... so I can be King.

Fuck Trump!

[donkeypoofed]

16. That'll only help this year, but what about next year?

12 billion can't be sent every year ! Gawd that's alot of money! Is he winning his trade war? Are the farmers? Who is? Anybody?

[FSogol]

44. Maybe Mexico is paying for it?

[TeamPooka]

17. I want pictures of those rugged individualists lining up for government relief.

[blue-wave]

18. Oh this is wonderful!

Yes, create the crisis, costing U.S. taxpayers billions in dollars for retail and food costs. Then, when your cockamamie scheme hits your base, well hey, just stick the American taxpayer with billions more in debt. Wake up America.

[lancelyons]

20. This is welfare for the farmers which is OK but welfare for those that need it.. get rid of it

[SFnomad]

21. Where is the bail out for the poor and middle class that will be paying more because of the tariffs?

Oh yeah, silly me ... like that's ever going to happen.

[Maxheader]

22. Is ag actually experiencing

pain or is this just for the btos?
(big time opertors)

[world wide wally]

23. They are likely figuring out a way to tax only Democrats to pay for it.

Their corruption knows no bounds

[sinkingfeeling]

24. Dumbest waste of tax payer money EVER.

[elmac]

25. More corporate welfare so they can cut more safety net programs nt

[Wuddles440]

26. Are you fucking kidding me!!!!

Where's my "bailout"!!! Can you imagine if some democrat made such a proposal. The rape and pillaging of what's left of the USA continues unabated. I HATE these Sons-of Bitches!!!!!!!!!

[beachbum bob]

27. The word is aid, it's not free money, but loans...as for purchase..it's in

Direct conflict of cuts to food stamps... i

[tom_kelly]

29. The Trump Family

is scrambling to figure out how they will get a cut of this. Without a doubt.

[JDC]

30. on par with Puerto Rico

Didn't they get 16 billon?

Hurricane Dortard strikes again

[markses66]

32. "Happy Farmer, Patriotic Farmer! You must tighten your belts in this Two-Year Plan!"

"It is essential to the Central Committee of the GOP that we support our comrades in Steel for this cycle of Making America Great Again! Once we have stabilized our comrades in Steel, greatness will flow once again through our Patriotic Farms! Be proud of your sacrifice to MAGA in this Two Year Plan, Happy Farmer! Your joy is in your MAGA sacrifice! Happy farmer, Patriotic Farmer! Nevertheless, the Central Committee has allotted you sums of money to help you through the Two Year Plan! Once the Two Year Plan reaches great success, Happy Farmer, we will turn to the next Two year Plan, which will make your farms great again! Happy Farmer, Patriotic Farmer! This has been a message from the Two Year Plan Coordination Ministry of the Central Committee!"

[C_U_L8R]

34. Damage control

Yet more idiotic Trump policy on top of already idiotic Trump policy.
Desperately trying to hold onto the midterm elections.

[ooky]

35. Up a little further goes the deficit spending.

Pretty common occurence with Trump policies.

But, but...Obama

[Nitram]

36. They can spare $12 billion for farmers but not a penny for education, the elderly, disabled vets

and those who can't afford healthcare?

[Gothmog]

37. Trade wars are not easy to win

[riverbendviewgal]

38. Yet, no money for Puerto Rico

After the last hurricane.


This looks like bribery to me.

[truthisfreedom]

39. Handouts for his base

[Nero Mero]

40. What about sellers of aluminum/steel components?

Bail them out too?

[Solly Mack]

41. Welfare after they begged and whined after they cheered the person causing them to beg now.

But they'll say they've earned it or deserve it. Unlike those other people.

And their minds will not change - they'll cheer Trump again.

Trump screws the farmers to the point of ruination and then becomes their savior - and those farmers will only remember being saved.

[Snellius]

42. An admission that Trump's tariff war has failed. Loser!

Not only in only red states but puts Dems in a difficult position.

[shraby]

43. Can they do that? Only Congress has the purse strings.

[turbinetree]

45. And then there is a Congress and right wing fascist enabling traitor Congress

attacking food stamps in this country, taking meals away from school children.........as a budget issue, I want to see how these right wing pukes in those fucking red states explains this shit .......

If people do not vote this November I do not want to hear or read your writing of whining........................this criminal traitorous enterprise created this situation.......................

[Zambero]

46. Create crisis. Throw money. Claim credit.

Balloon the national debt (OK if GOP does this stuff). Who said chaos doesn't work!!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

47. Major Major's father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age

WouldOrWouldn'tHat Retweeted:

"Major Major’s father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He was a longlimbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who held that federal aid to anyone but farmers was creeping socialism."
- Catch 22

Link to tweet

[Freethinker65]

48. Yep

[marble falls]

49. That's a hoot. He's hollowed out all sort of relief sources, where's he going to steal that ...

money from - mugging widows and orphans?

What about Puerto Rico? When will he protect and help Puerto Ricans?

[Timmygoat]

50. And now

Because of his tariffs, he is going to give aid to the farmers, so now he is in a war of words with Iran, if the close the straights of Hormuz will we get aid when gas goes up to 15 to 20 dollars a gallon?

[Snellius]

51. Isn't that what the Communist Chinese do?

Odd irony: the greatest capitalist country in the world tries to defeat the greatest communist country in world by state-controlled management of the economy. While the great communist country in the world tries to defeat the great capitalist country in the world by out bargaining it in the world of free international trade.

I'm sick of treating farmers in Ohio as more American than any one else.

[Flaleftist]

52. So he's going to dump some water on the forest fire he started. Okay nt

[tanyev]

53. But, but, deficit! Balanced budget!

Effing hypocrites.

[oasis]

54. Democrats should demand that payment for this be deducted from

"The Wall".

[TexasBushwhacker]

55. As with farm subsidies, it will mostly go to large corporations n/t

[ck4829]

56. Kick