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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump left Biden a $30 billion fund used for trade wars. Biden has other plans for it.
The Trump administration used it to bail out farmers suffering from its trade wars. Now the Biden administration wants to deploy a $30 billion pot of money in the Agriculture Department to tackle climate change, support restaurants and kickstart other programs without waiting for Congress.
Long hidden in obscurity as a Depression-era financial institution, the Commodity Credit Corp. is shaping up as one of the first focal points for how the Biden administration is quickly revamping flexible programs left behind by former President Donald Trump.
Before the Trump era, the CCC was used in narrow ways to support farm income and prices, like helping cotton growers with ginning costs and purchasing cheese to boost dairy farmers. Its also used to fund certain conservation programs, foreign market development, export credit and commodity purchases.
It became a signature tool in the last administration, which used it to dole out billions in aid to farmers suffering from Trumps trade wars and tariffs. It was also dipped into to provide financial relief to farmers hit by the pandemic.
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The CCC used to be a partner in much of Rural America via offering below market rate funding for Municipal projects like Sewer and Water up grades as well as emergency funds for Police and Fire Departments.
How times have changed,not a wonder why Rural Areas are turning to Ghost Towns . Reaganomics sure did a number on our Nation in a very negative way.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)I hate these grifting treasonous pieces of shit.
keithbvadu2
(36,923 posts)After all, trade wars are easy to win. Right?
Trump said so.
panader0
(25,816 posts)I'd say trump lost the trade war. And the soy bean and corn farmers have lost their best markets.
It will take years to get back to where we were PT (pre-trump).