So wait...2 years after Obama, Obama is responsible.
But 2 years after Bush, Obama is responsible.
Your logic and understanding of history and economics is zero point zero.
How stupid are the people of Iowa?
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But 2 years after Bush, Obama is responsible.
Your logic and understanding of history and economics is zero point zero.
The man needs to stop sniffing glue.
Not sure what tariffs China is eating.
Farmers getting free handouts from the government but Bernie is a socialist haha. Fucking hypocrites.
Free Shit for farmers!
Oh China is suffering?
Look at U.S. GDP growth rates:
Look at CHina GDP growth rates:
6.2 to 6.4% growth rate is still kicking ass for an economy that huge even with slight drop off since July 2018 due to possible reduced exports to U.S. when tariffs started. But a punishment does not work if the punishee does not care or is not really suffering. China is laughing all the way to the bank (and then using that money to lend to us).
TO BE CLEAR: I am not criticizing the use of tariffs to try and force China to a trade deal. It is a tool going back to Reagan with Japan (which did not work). I am criticizing the fucktarded comments by Trump that China is paying the tariffs and the U.S. is not paying or suffering worse. Anyone with an ECON 101 class knows that punitive tariffs coming from a consumer economy punish the importers far worse than the exporter, especially one opening markets all over the world and still growing.
Not sure what tariffs China is eating.
Farmers getting free handouts from the government but Bernie is a socialist haha. Fucking hypocrites.
Free Shit for farmers!
Oh China is suffering?
Look at U.S. GDP growth rates:
Look at CHina GDP growth rates:
6.2 to 6.4% growth rate is still kicking ass for an economy that huge even with slight drop off since July 2018 due to possible reduced exports to U.S. when tariffs started. But a punishment does not work if the punishee does not care or is not really suffering. China is laughing all the way to the bank (and then using that money to lend to us).
TO BE CLEAR: I am not criticizing the use of tariffs to try and force China to a trade deal. It is a tool going back to Reagan with Japan (which did not work). I am criticizing the fucktarded comments by Trump that China is paying the tariffs and the U.S. is not paying or suffering worse. Anyone with an ECON 101 class knows that punitive tariffs coming from a consumer economy punish the importers far worse than the exporter, especially one opening markets all over the world and still growing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ump-over-biofuel-trade-policies-idUSKCN1VV11U
Many U.S. farmers fume at Washington, not Trump, over biofuel, trade policies
Instead of directing their anger at Trump, dozens of farmers interviewed by Reuters blasted the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other Washington institutions they believe are thwarting his true agenda. Unsubstantiated conspiracy theories involving USDA staff are circulating in farm country and gaining traction online.
Farmers are struggling with how to emotionally process their pain from the Trump administration’s policies, and anger at the USDA may be a coping mechanism, said Ted Matthews, a Minnesota psychologist who has spent 30 years counseling farmers and rural residents across the Midwest.
“The question I hear from farmers who voted for (Trump) is, ‘We believed him when he said he would help make the farm economy better, that we could save our farms. Now, who do we blame?’” Matthews said.
“It’s much easier to be angry at a faceless Washington bureaucracy than at the man you voted for,” said Jere Solvie, 69, grain and hog farmer from west-central Minnesota who voted for Trump and still supports him.
The USDA is a natural scapegoat and a topic of conspiracy theories among farmers suspicious of its sprawling bureaucracy, career employees and its research who sometimes conflicts with what they see on their own farms.
One farmer, enraged by the USDA’s corn crop estimate, threatened an agency employee last month. The threat of violence prompted USDA to pull all staff from a privately run crop tour that surveys Midwest crops.
This is a sharp contrast to early days in the administration, when Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was a reliable point person. His folksy southern charm and his appeals to patriotism helped sell Trump’s policies to farmers, even the trade war.
Trump voter Byron Heppler, a soybean and corn farmer from Calhoun, Kentucky, said he is open to considering other Republican candidates if any emerge. He said he believes USDA’s research methods are flawed and he feels its employees want to unseat Trump, although he offered no evidence to back up those views.
Other disgruntled farmers have also alleged, without offering evidence, that federal agriculture employees are overestimating corn plantings as part of a plot to hurt Trump in the 2020 election. These farmers said they believe USDA employees are upset the administration is relocating hundreds of economists and other researchers to Kansas City from Washington.
“To think the USDA deliberately is skewing numbers to make their boss look bad and that people appointed by the president allowed this to happen is delusional,” wrote a user named Zach Alger from Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
Many U.S. farmers fume at Washington, not Trump, over biofuel, trade policies
Instead of directing their anger at Trump, dozens of farmers interviewed by Reuters blasted the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other Washington institutions they believe are thwarting his true agenda. Unsubstantiated conspiracy theories involving USDA staff are circulating in farm country and gaining traction online.
Farmers are struggling with how to emotionally process their pain from the Trump administration’s policies, and anger at the USDA may be a coping mechanism, said Ted Matthews, a Minnesota psychologist who has spent 30 years counseling farmers and rural residents across the Midwest.
“The question I hear from farmers who voted for (Trump) is, ‘We believed him when he said he would help make the farm economy better, that we could save our farms. Now, who do we blame?’” Matthews said.
“It’s much easier to be angry at a faceless Washington bureaucracy than at the man you voted for,” said Jere Solvie, 69, grain and hog farmer from west-central Minnesota who voted for Trump and still supports him.
The USDA is a natural scapegoat and a topic of conspiracy theories among farmers suspicious of its sprawling bureaucracy, career employees and its research who sometimes conflicts with what they see on their own farms.
One farmer, enraged by the USDA’s corn crop estimate, threatened an agency employee last month. The threat of violence prompted USDA to pull all staff from a privately run crop tour that surveys Midwest crops.
This is a sharp contrast to early days in the administration, when Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was a reliable point person. His folksy southern charm and his appeals to patriotism helped sell Trump’s policies to farmers, even the trade war.
Trump voter Byron Heppler, a soybean and corn farmer from Calhoun, Kentucky, said he is open to considering other Republican candidates if any emerge. He said he believes USDA’s research methods are flawed and he feels its employees want to unseat Trump, although he offered no evidence to back up those views.
Other disgruntled farmers have also alleged, without offering evidence, that federal agriculture employees are overestimating corn plantings as part of a plot to hurt Trump in the 2020 election. These farmers said they believe USDA employees are upset the administration is relocating hundreds of economists and other researchers to Kansas City from Washington.
“To think the USDA deliberately is skewing numbers to make their boss look bad and that people appointed by the president allowed this to happen is delusional,” wrote a user named Zach Alger from Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
Somehow the image of wearied, weathered, working 18 hours/day farmers seeking out a traveling shrink for emotional support and "pain" counseling regarding Trump....
.... I think Ted may be a little bit of a flake. But who knows.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/09/tru...roduce-as-farmers-struggle-amid-pandemic.html
Trump says US will start buying dairy, meat and produce from farmers amid supply chain disruptions
As the pandemic disrupts supply chains across the country, farmers have been forced to destroy their crops, dump milk and throw out perishable items that can’t be stored. Prices and demand for agricultural products have plummeted during national lockdown and farmers have been left with an oversupply of food they can’t sell.
The president in a tweet said the $3 billion purchase is part of the “Farmers to Family Food Box,” but did not provide further details.
The president recently announced a $19 billion relief program called the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which will provide $16 billion to farmers and ranchers and $3 billion in purchases of fresh produce, dairy products and meat for distribution at food banks. The USDA approved on Friday $1.2 billion in contracts to producers through the food box program.
U.S. food banks that provide relief to millions of people are also losing employees and closing down during the pandemic.
Many Americans are preparing for a meat shortage after the virus shut down some of the country’s largest slaughterhouses. Trump has signed an executive order to keep meat-processing plants operating even as workers at those facilities fall ill.
Some chicken processors dealing with staff shortages due to the virus have been forced to euthanize chickens. Plant closures across the country could result in the loss of millions of of animals including pigs, chickens and cattle.
Trump says US will start buying dairy, meat and produce from farmers amid supply chain disruptions
- The U.S. will start rolling out a program to purchase $3 billion of dairy, meat and produce from farmers and ranchers early next week, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday.
- As the pandemic disrupts supply chains across the country, farmers have been forced to destroy their crops, dump milk and throw out perishable items that can’t be stored.
- Prices and demand for agricultural products have plummeted during national lockdown and farmers have been left with an oversupply of food they can’t sell.
As the pandemic disrupts supply chains across the country, farmers have been forced to destroy their crops, dump milk and throw out perishable items that can’t be stored. Prices and demand for agricultural products have plummeted during national lockdown and farmers have been left with an oversupply of food they can’t sell.
The president in a tweet said the $3 billion purchase is part of the “Farmers to Family Food Box,” but did not provide further details.
The president recently announced a $19 billion relief program called the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which will provide $16 billion to farmers and ranchers and $3 billion in purchases of fresh produce, dairy products and meat for distribution at food banks. The USDA approved on Friday $1.2 billion in contracts to producers through the food box program.
U.S. food banks that provide relief to millions of people are also losing employees and closing down during the pandemic.
Many Americans are preparing for a meat shortage after the virus shut down some of the country’s largest slaughterhouses. Trump has signed an executive order to keep meat-processing plants operating even as workers at those facilities fall ill.
Some chicken processors dealing with staff shortages due to the virus have been forced to euthanize chickens. Plant closures across the country could result in the loss of millions of of animals including pigs, chickens and cattle.
Profits during the good times,bail outs during the bad.Gotta love The United Socialist States of America.