These farmers are what Chomsky means when he talks about "worthy victims". I'm sure many of these people voted for Donvict knowing that he'd be harming lots of people, including themselves, but based on his first term, that he'd throw some money at them...
These people deserve welfare because, well, reasons.
Oh noes farmers may actually realize they are being fucked! Let's give them welfare checks. Well not the darkies anyways. Must keep em dumb and voting.
Where does that 12 billion for soybean and corn farmers come from? The people who can't afford their groceries. America has enough corn. America grows corn just to burn it as a gasoline additive. Maybe if the price of corn is falling, it's time to grow something else.
How many of those farmers voted for trump? You reap what you sow, farms should know that. But many farmers have learned you reap a huge welfare check when you sow hatred so they keep doing it.
The majority of the farms around me are cash crops, not providing food for survival. I'm in central California and all I see here is almonds, pistachios, tomatoes and cows. We need to get rid of these since it's just wasted space that's doomed to fail as it's using up valuable resources to profit the few that own them.
We have one acre and we grow a variety of different veggies, trying to grow with sustainable methods like regenerative farming practices. We trade with other like minded people and my wife donates excess to the local church to help feed the poor. We need more people doing this and less of the big corporate farmers lining their pockets while everyone else suffers.
18 Comments
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 269d
Didn't this genius do nearly the same thing in his first failed term?
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 268d
That other one-time
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 269d
Less than he gave to argentina
ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 268d
And 95% or more will most likely go to corporate megafarms and leave the small farms out to dry.
deHaga@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 269d
Sounds like welfare
MyOpinion@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 269d
Such a bunch of socialists. :)
Red0ctober@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 269d
Must be all those welfare queens we keep hearing about
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 268d
These farmers are what Chomsky means when he talks about "worthy victims". I'm sure many of these people voted for Donvict knowing that he'd be harming lots of people, including themselves, but based on his first term, that he'd throw some money at them...
These people deserve welfare because, well, reasons.
devolution@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 268d
Oh noes farmers may actually realize they are being fucked! Let's give them welfare checks. Well not the darkies anyways. Must keep em dumb and voting.
i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 268d
Where does that 12 billion for soybean and corn farmers come from? The people who can't afford their groceries. America has enough corn. America grows corn just to burn it as a gasoline additive. Maybe if the price of corn is falling, it's time to grow something else.
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 268d
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · -19 pts · 269d
ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 268d
How many of those farmers voted for trump? You reap what you sow, farms should know that. But many farmers have learned you reap a huge welfare check when you sow hatred so they keep doing it.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 268d
Madison420@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 268d
A. No it doesn't, we already imported more then we exported and still do.
B. That's not an excuse, make better choices and stop crying when stupidity inevitably kicks you in the ass.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 268d
Depends on what they are farming and what you mean by "everyone".
The article says most of this will go to those that produce soybeans and corn - most of that is livestock feed.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 268d
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 268d
I don't eat livestock. About 6% of Americans are vegetarian, proving that plenty of people do w/o livestock and don't starve.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 268d
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 268d
Nice? Sure, I guess. However, I was talking more about starving vs. not.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 268d
Wait for mega farms owned by vc and banks to be the ones to get the most as always.
Stop crying start reading.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 268d
Who doesn't want farmers to prosper? And are they farming for altruistic reasons?
emenl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 268d
The majority of the farms around me are cash crops, not providing food for survival. I'm in central California and all I see here is almonds, pistachios, tomatoes and cows. We need to get rid of these since it's just wasted space that's doomed to fail as it's using up valuable resources to profit the few that own them.
We have one acre and we grow a variety of different veggies, trying to grow with sustainable methods like regenerative farming practices. We trade with other like minded people and my wife donates excess to the local church to help feed the poor. We need more people doing this and less of the big corporate farmers lining their pockets while everyone else suffers.
Screw these bailouts