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spanone

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19. Smells like SOCIALISM.......Is this a giveaway?

Reply to Takket (Reply #5)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:25 PM

May 2019

Nobody knows...

“We’re going to take the highest year, the biggest purchase that China has ever made with our farmers, which is about $15 billion, and do something reciprocal to our farmers so our farmers can do well,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

He did not provide any more details on what kind of an aid package it would be.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/trump-says-us-farmers-to-get-15-billion-in-aid-amid-china-trade-war-idUSKCN1SJ22Z

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Trump Seeks New $15 Billion Subsidy To Protect Farmers From →His Own Trade War← [View all] spanone May 2019 OP

But, how will we pay for it? Shell_Seas May 2019 #1

He is buying their silence. Haven't heard one farmer blame trump. spanone May 2019 #2

Nope and I live in Kansas........ Bengus81 May 2019 #17

He'll probably tap Grandma's Social Security. That's what they usually try to do. Vinca May 2019 #3

They're going to borrow it from China NewJeffCT May 2019 #7

... Blue_true May 2019 #14

Let's get real. Wellstone ruled May 2019 #4

Hey... remember that time Obama... Takket May 2019 #5

Smells like SOCIALISM.......Is this a giveaway? spanone May 2019 #19

Or, as the rest of the world calls it, "socialism." GoCubsGo May 2019 #6

I guess he'll just take it out of all that money China has paid us. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #8

Maybe China will even send us their Great Wall, so that Mr. Orange Blue_true May 2019 #15

Sounds like wingnut welfare for his supporters. LastDemocratInSC May 2019 #9

While demanding that China stop subsidies. Voltaire2 May 2019 #10

China has been building trade connections to the rest of the world. Blue_true May 2019 #16

Tell those farmers to pull themselves up by the bootstraps........ Bengus81 May 2019 #11

So we get to pay the tariffs AND the subsidy? gratuitous May 2019 #12

Trump's insane world. Blue_true May 2019 #13

Most of the bailout will go to big Agribusiness Trenzalore May 2019 #18

This is at least slightly interesting jmowreader May 2019 #20

Someone should ask Trump about the market share he is costing farmers. gulliver May 2019 #21