• paraphrand@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Even more subsidizing?! Isn’t that the type of trade manipulation Trump is accusing other countries of?

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    “We hope there will be a bailout,”

    I wonder where they think the money for a bailout is going to come from? The money “saved” by DOGE? Don’t make me laugh. DOGE has cost the country more money than we could spend in 10 life times. Not to mention that killing USAID has also devastated farmers in this country.

    It’s going to be an interesting dinner show watching the Republicans fight each other to try to unwind the mess they’ve made by lining up behind the stupidest president this country has ever had. I just wish the Democrats weren’t so incompetent as well.

    We really need another option.

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    Republicans: What do you mean they grow all our food? We can just import it. What do you mean it’s $12 for a single tomato? This is all Biden’s fault!

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      Offer Teslas at 50% off to the farmers! They get an EV at a bargain price, Tesla sales (and stock) booms. Or better yet the federal government just buys all the surplus Teslas and gives them away to farmers for free. Two problems solved with a single incentive, and it shows he cares about the environment after all!

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    That’s a big HELL NO from me. These are the same folks who likely voted for him; they need to reap what was sown.

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      3 months ago

      they already did this with soybeans, they never recovered since china found other sources for thier soybean addiction.

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      I’m torn. On the one hand, you are right. It does seem to be a MAGA voter constant that they don’t see the evil of their actions until the feel the consequences personally. On the other hand, we Americans all need to eat, and we now cannot painlessly import our food.

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        hungry constituents will pressure their representatives to revoke the tariffs.

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        Let’s fucking go.

        They made this bed for all of us. Time to sleep in it. We’ve got rice ‘n beans.

        If they feel the pain, they may change their ways. If they’re kid-gloved away from the consequences of their own choices, they most certainly will not.

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          We’ve got rice ‘n beans.

          Out of curiosity have you ever tried to grow enough rice and beans to feed yourself? Since you’re so confident maybe you should give it a try this year. I’m sure it’ll be very gratifying to boast about how you grew most of the calories you ate in 2026.

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          depends which states source thier food, tropical food comes from south of the border anyways, and from asia.

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      They will get helped, just watch. That is the point of all these blanket tariffs, hurt everyone and then make exceptions for their supporters and friends.

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        Exceptions for anyone willing to owe the turnip. It’s all a shakedown game for personal allegiance, power accumulation, “ I’m winning”

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    How is giving farmers a bailout saving the government money? I thought this was about rooting out fraud waste and abuse and having extra money in the coffers?

    These guys are just pissing away fucking money.

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    Then it’ll be quite the disaster. A huge chunk of those that voted for Trump are from farm country. If they don’t feel the full force of the repercussions that they helped cause, then they may not learn their lesson. No bailouts.

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    Sounds like a great opportunity for large multinationals to acquire agricultural land from the few remaining privately owned farms. Almost as if that is the intention…

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    So apparently you can fuck around and skip finding out. But only if you kissed the ring.