• N0t_5ure@lemmy.world
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    Then it’ll be quite the disaster. A huge chunk of those that voted for Trump are from farm country. If they don’t feel the full force of the repercussions that they helped cause, then they may not learn their lesson. No bailouts.

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      Offer Teslas at 50% off to the farmers! They get an EV at a bargain price, Tesla sales (and stock) booms. Or better yet the federal government just buys all the surplus Teslas and gives them away to farmers for free. Two problems solved with a single incentive, and it shows he cares about the environment after all!

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    Even more subsidizing?! Isn’t that the type of trade manipulation Trump is accusing other countries of?

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    So apparently you can fuck around and skip finding out. But only if you kissed the ring.

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    “We hope there will be a bailout,”

    I wonder where they think the money for a bailout is going to come from? The money “saved” by DOGE? Don’t make me laugh. DOGE has cost the country more money than we could spend in 10 life times. Not to mention that killing USAID has also devastated farmers in this country.

    It’s going to be an interesting dinner show watching the Republicans fight each other to try to unwind the mess they’ve made by lining up behind the stupidest president this country has ever had. I just wish the Democrats weren’t so incompetent as well.

    We really need another option.

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    How is giving farmers a bailout saving the government money? I thought this was about rooting out fraud waste and abuse and having extra money in the coffers?

    These guys are just pissing away fucking money.

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    He’ll toss them a few subsidies like last time and secure their vote for the third term.

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    1 month ago

    Sounds like a great opportunity for large multinationals to acquire agricultural land from the few remaining privately owned farms. Almost as if that is the intention…