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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't this genius do nearly the same thing in his first failed term?

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That other one-time

Less than he gave to argentina

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

And 95% or more will most likely go to corporate megafarms and leave the small farms out to dry.

[–] deHaga@feddit.uk 17 points 1 week ago

Sounds like welfare

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Such a bunch of socialists. :)

[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Must be all those welfare queens we keep hearing about

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 points 1 week ago

not just an additive for funsies, it replaces the pollutant MTBE as an oxygenating agent, necessary to mitigate smog-creating emissions.

it’s also not a petrochemical, so reduces the carbon footprint of gasoline.