• CherryBullets@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    So much for encouraging local economy. Now all fruits and veggies will come from Mexico and frozen 😂

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    12 hours ago

    The first administration fucked over farmers with tariffs and then bailed them out. Trillions of dollars are being grifted to rich. They’ll chip in a few meager billions to farmers again.

    Besides they hated when Obama tried to give kids healthy meals. I’m sure they be overjoyed that kids don’t have to eat the woke fresh foods.

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    11 hours ago

    Prudent planning. Just preparing for the dust bowl.

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    23 hours ago

    I’m hopeful this will all lead to America’s farmers breaking from the republican party.

    I fear american farmers will go bankrupt and all their land will be bought by corporations.

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      11 hours ago

      That’s literally the plan. It’s also why vail and ikon been buying up snow trails since the 80s/90s

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      american farmers will go bankrupt and all their land will be bought by corporations.

      We’re already past that. Something like 6 companies own the vast majority of US agriculture. And they’re not run by farmers but hedgies and the like, who have been setting up illegal monopolies while the feds do nothing about it on account of extreme bribery.

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      22 hours ago

      Farmers sure do love voting Conservative, despite the fact that it negatively impacts them. The mistake is bringing logic into a discussion like this.

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      I fear american farmers will go bankrupt and all their land will be bought by corporations.

      That’s already kinda the case that’s been happening in slow motion. Various policies over the last several decades have driven family farmers out of business to be replaced with bigger and bigger companies.

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    22 hours ago

    Aren’t the tariffs meant to be in place to stimulate the internal economy? These orders are starting to look a lot like high treason.

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        20 hours ago

        That’s definitely where my head is going. I cannot for the life of me think of a reasonable alternative.

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          He is a dumb fuck who’s dense enough to have an event horizon. Add the narcissism, possible dementia, and a general lack of anything remotely human.

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      No, that’s a lie they tell you because 1. Trump is a fucking idiot, and 2. The truth gives him what wants which is to exploit America fir his own narcissism. It’s a wonder he doesn’t just call it Trumpland Inc.

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        Yeah, markets are supposed to be free! Can’t be propping up uncompetitive businesses (unless they’re owned by cronies).

        Crony capitalism!

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    20 hours ago

    Why the hell would you need a grant to allow that? Can’t they buy from whoever they please?

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      Think of it more as a farm-to-table addition that was the only source of real fruits and vegetables.

      Now going forward, everything will come from the back of a truck, previously frozen.

      Let’s not even get into who’s making money off it now. I’m already too depressed.

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        Still don’t understand why they were or are prohibited from buying those vegetables.

        Are they just saying it’s now more expensive without the grant?

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          Yes most likely it’s more expensive to buy high quality food. They were given a grant to cover the higher cost, but required to buy local and thus support their community.