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Dust Bowl Economics: Trump wants taxpayers to bail out farmers hurt by his trade war.
Wall Street Journal ^
| July 11, 2018
Posted on 07/12/2018 4:59:13 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1
The so-called farm bill is always loaded with all kinds of pork.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:03:12 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: reaganaut1
Love 95% of what Trump does. Love it.
But I DON’T agree with Trump on tariffs. Sure you *may* be able to help farmers somewhat, but you can’t help all the people hurt by the new tariffs.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:04:46 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
But I DONT agree with Trump on tariffs. Sure you *may* be able to help farmers somewhat, but you cant help all the people hurt by the new tariffs.Then count yourself as free traitor and not part of the MAGA revolution.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:08:28 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: reaganaut1
Looking forward to really cheap bacon and some nice sweet tender pork roasts and bargain prices no less! Hurrah for tariffs. More please!
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:11:20 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: reaganaut1
The corn ethanol war? Pork and beef war with china.? Barter town
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:11:52 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: reaganaut1
Wars have casualties and trade wars are no different than any other war. You accept the fact that there will be short term pain in the expectation that there will be long term gain. If the Administration is going to try and bail out every sector of the economy that gets hurt then it’s going to get very expensive, very fast.
To: reaganaut1
We expert agri products ( the ghetto of economic wealth creation ) and import high tech consumer electronics. That’s so smart. /sarc
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:13:26 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: central_va
You may look forward to them. Thanks to the repeal of country of origin labeling, US consumers have no idea where their beef and pork muscle are coming from, at least if they buy from a grocer.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:13:40 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: central_va
The trade “war” was already on, we were just not firing back!
To: reaganaut1
A few pig farmer see commodity prices drop slightly. I guess then they won't be able hire as many illegals to process the their swine flesh.
Hanging Free Traitors, the job Americans won't do -- yet.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:15:56 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: central_va
Looking forward to really cheap bacon and some nice sweet tender pork roasts and bargain prices no less! Hurrah for tariffs. More please!Loss of export markets may well lead to a short term glut on the U.S. market and domestic prices may fall. But if the pork producers can't make money off their pigs then they'll stop raising them. You will see farmers cut back on supply rather quickly, and your bacon and pork prices will probably remain steady if not go up on the long term.
To: Phillyred
Tariffs are key part of MAGA
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:16:47 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: DoodleDawg
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:17:09 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: DoodleDawg
You will see farmers cut back on supply rather quickly, and your bacon and pork prices will probably remain steady if not go up on the long term. So what? Why do I give sh!t about pig farmers, one of the biggest employers of illegal and imported stoop labor?
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:18:35 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: Drango
The President said “Temporary Pain.”
It’s a trade war. You don’t win by laying down, by shilling for the other side.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:20:00 AM PDT
by
Hostage
(Article V)
To: central_va
Yup. I am not 100% sure, but I suspect they also have had a part in North Korea’s sudden cooperation.
To: reaganaut1
The price of pork is X amount; for US and foreign customers.
Add a Tariff for foreign sales.
It now costs X+T for foreigners.
Foreigners now pissed. Shop around for cheaper pork.
Other countries rub hands in glee; raising THEIR pork prices by at least a fraction of T. Cannot get their pigs to mate faster. America has lots of pigs.
Now what?
Coyotes gonna bring ‘refugee immigrants’ in and take wanted porkies out?
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:24:39 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: central_va
Looking forward to really cheap bacon and some nice sweet tender pork roasts and bargain prices no less! Hurrah for tariffs. More please! Uh, no.
Read the article. The U.S. government will prop up the pork prices to keep you paying top dollar for those port roads and bacon before they ever let you enjoy those "bargain prices."
Oh -- and they'll do it using YOUR tax money. So you'll be subsidizing your friendly neighborhood pork farmer twice.
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posted on
07/12/2018 5:25:12 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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