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Trump says he'll use tariff revenue to bail out farmers (Original Post) In It to Win It Sep 2025 OP
Where is the missing money?....................... Lovie777 Sep 2025 #1
How about bailing out the American people Coldwater Sep 2025 #2
What the fuck does he mean.."Until the tariffs kick in"? ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2025 #3
Hey Peter, meet Paul BeyondGeography Sep 2025 #4
So we can afford to bail out wealthy farmers but can't support healthcare for the poorest? walkingman Sep 2025 #5
I Thought The Tariffs Were Meant To Lower Taxes ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #6
Turns out BeyondGeography Sep 2025 #7
Give them your own damn money. C_U_L8R Sep 2025 #8
They certainly loves 'em some Big Gubbmint. Torchlight Sep 2025 #9
What if the court rules he has to return the tariff money? Vinca Sep 2025 #10
So what the hell was gained? Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #11
Welfare Farmers. bottomofthehill Sep 2025 #12
they've been 'Welfare Farmers' for generations democratsruletheday Sep 2025 #14
Soybeans haven't recovered from Trump's first term gulliver Sep 2025 #13
LOL, shit show politics. Johonny Sep 2025 #15

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,982 posts)
3. What the fuck does he mean.."Until the tariffs kick in"?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 02:25 PM
Sep 2025

They have already kicked in.

Farmers, thanks in part to TACO Don, hame markets closed to them.

Torchlight

(7,059 posts)
9. They certainly loves 'em some Big Gubbmint.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 02:38 PM
Sep 2025

Weird watching free-market conservatives applaud the state stepping in over the market. It's almost as though that were all a pantsload of excuses and slogans.

Irish_Dem

(82,344 posts)
11. So what the hell was gained?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 03:43 PM
Sep 2025

The tariffs caused the farmers' problems.
Now the tariff money will be used to solve the farmers' problems.

democratsruletheday

(1,921 posts)
14. they've been 'Welfare Farmers' for generations
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:39 PM
Sep 2025

and decade after decade. Racism, misogyny and welfare is why they keep voting for Repukes.

gulliver

(14,075 posts)
13. Soybeans haven't recovered from Trump's first term
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:38 PM
Sep 2025

This is why Dems have to get our focus back. Trump is taking farmers, the working class, middle class, and seniors for a ride. We need to focus on those folks.

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