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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore boondoggle subsidies for farmers...the one who make a living from not growing...but getting
subsidies none the less. Yes, there are a handful of farmers who will not benefit from these latest subsidies, especially small family and minority farmers. It's all a racket where the rich just get richer for screwing us more and more.
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More boondoggle subsidies for farmers...the one who make a living from not growing...but getting (Original Post)
sarabelle
May 2019
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And invariably those farmers are the most conservative Republicans out there
PoindexterOglethorpe
May 2019
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BigmanPigman
(51,650 posts)1. Don't get me started on this subject!
demosincebirth
(12,550 posts)2. Nothing new. That's been going on for decades.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,927 posts)3. And invariably those farmers are the most conservative Republicans out there
who think no one ever deserves food stamps or any other help, no matter how poor they are.
walkingman
(7,691 posts)4. Can Trump just give another 15B to farmers for his own actions?
D_Master81
(1,823 posts)5. My Grandpa
Years ago when he was still alive my dad tells me about how he was railing about government handouts and my dad just said, "what about government subsidies for farmers?" I guess that shut him up real quick and he said something like "thats different". The American farmer will always get a bail out.