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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House [View all]AverageOldGuy
(3,790 posts)I live in a rural Virginia county, the county survives on farming.
Try this: Google "UDSA subsidies to (name of a county) " and see what happens. Farmers in my county have received an average of $1.5 million per year for the past 25 years.
One of our farmers has pulled a slick trick: He owns or leases land in three counties, so, he has incorporated three companies "His Name Farms of xxx county," "of yyyy county," and "of zzz county." This guy has been raking in an average of close to $1 million per year for the three counties.
So -- I'm just waiting. Waiting for Trump's cuts to hit the USDA crop support, crop insurance, loan support, and the like payments and when all of a sudden his checks dry up, I'll put letters to the editors in all our local papers, laughing my ass off at the fact that Trump just stabbed his farmer voters in the back.