Welfare for Farmers

Definitely socialism...and the buying of votes for 2020

I believe the past administration was focused on the total financial collapse of the previous administration

A second round of payments to the farmers (patriots), hurt by Don’s tariffs. I will give $9.6 billion to producers of almonds, cotton, corn, dairy, pork, soybeans, sorghum, sweet cherries and wheat. No mention of the Flint Michigan water crisis.

China has bought US soybeans for the first time since the trade war between the two countries started in July.

The country's finance ministry also confirmed it would temporarily reduce tariffs on US car imports from 40% to 15%, beginning on 1 January.

The much anticipated moves follow a truce reached after Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in December.

In announcing the tariff suspension, China said it hoped the two sides would speed negotiations.

US officials hailed China's purchase of 1.13 million tonnes of US soybeans on Thursday as a "great step" - but said it remained uncertain if a broader deal would follow.

From the Washington Post: Chinese-owned company qualifies for Trump’s anti-China farm bailout. Smithfield Foods is a Virginia-based pork producer acquired in 2013 by a Chinese conglomerate (now named WH Group). Under this farm bailout created this summer, they can apply for federal money. Also, JBS, a Brazilian company, is eligible as well. The two companies are the biggest pork producers in the USA. Both companies already receive federal money. In 2017, the USDA purchased $11 million worth of pork from Smithfield and $12 million from JBS. These goods are delivered to schools, food banks and households under the USDA’s Commodity Procurement Program. Does anyone else see the irony inherent in this?

Carmakers Surge After Trump Agrees to Put Car Tariffs on Hold https://bloom.bg/2v7uVQx 

Please clarify what is this meme in reference to ?

Trump plans to give 12 BILLION dollars to the US farmers who will be destroyed by his tariff war. That is my tax money going to welfare for farmers who didn’t ask for this war. Any product coming into the USA during this tariff war will cost me more in taxes. Where is my welfare money? The farmers didn’t ask for this, the automakers didn’t ask for this, Caterpillar didn’t ask for this, Boeing didn’t ask for this and I didn’t ask for this tariff war. Let’s see if China doesn’t tighten the screws on the US. China is predicted to have 1.4 billion middle class consumers by 2030. Compare that to a forecast of 365 million in America. Finally, Mitch McConnell is currently the most powerful person in our government. Yet he stands to lose his bourbon-producing state to these tariffs. Unfortunately, like his cowardly cohorts, he will not make waves against the Don.