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11. Tell those farmers to pull themselves up by the bootstraps........

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:54 PM

May 2019

and REFUSE all that Liburl style "socialism". I mean what self respecting farmer would TAKE a liberal welfare give away?!?!?!

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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

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