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I like the outdoors, music, mountains and so much more. Spent some time in the medical field as an RN. Currently wondering what happens next. Glad to leave the ‘other place’ behind.
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Now "other benefits" can mean a lot of things: tax cuts, deregulation, etc.
But tax cuts & deregulation only help so much. They're useless if you lose your farm to trade wars!
What *does* keep your farm afloat during a trade war, though? Free money!
But tax cuts & deregulation only help so much. They're useless if you lose your farm to trade wars!
What *does* keep your farm afloat during a trade war, though? Free money!
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Now "other benefits" can mean a lot of things: tax cuts, deregulation, etc.
But tax cuts & deregulation only help so much. They're useless if you lose your farm to trade wars!
What *does* keep your farm afloat during a trade war, though? Free money!
But tax cuts & deregulation only help so much. They're useless if you lose your farm to trade wars!
What *does* keep your farm afloat during a trade war, though? Free money!
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"So why do y'all keep supporting him?"
He mumbled something about how there are "other benefits" to being in the Trump coalition that his farmers & industry group members "didn't want to miss out on." So they prefer to "support Trump in public, and negotiate out their differences quietly."
He mumbled something about how there are "other benefits" to being in the Trump coalition that his farmers & industry group members "didn't want to miss out on." So they prefer to "support Trump in public, and negotiate out their differences quietly."
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"So why do y'all keep supporting him?"
He mumbled something about how there are "other benefits" to being in the Trump coalition that his farmers & industry group members "didn't want to miss out on." So they prefer to "support Trump in public, and negotiate out their differences quietly."
He mumbled something about how there are "other benefits" to being in the Trump coalition that his farmers & industry group members "didn't want to miss out on." So they prefer to "support Trump in public, and negotiate out their differences quietly."
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Last year I had a sit-down with a major farm lobby rep.
I said "Hey, we both know Trump'll stab you in the back. You know he doesn't care if your farms are viable or not. He'll wreck your livelihood just because he's feeling mad about China that day."
And he said "Yeah, we know!"
I said "Hey, we both know Trump'll stab you in the back. You know he doesn't care if your farms are viable or not. He'll wreck your livelihood just because he's feeling mad about China that day."
And he said "Yeah, we know!"
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last year I had a sit-down with a major farm lobby rep.
I said "Hey, we both know Trump'll stab you in the back. You know he doesn't care if your farms are viable or not. He'll wreck your livelihood just because he's feeling mad about China that day."
And he said "Yeah, we know!"
I said "Hey, we both know Trump'll stab you in the back. You know he doesn't care if your farms are viable or not. He'll wreck your livelihood just because he's feeling mad about China that day."
And he said "Yeah, we know!"
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Trump's trade wars will push fert & fuel prices up- for ex, 80% of the US's potash fertilizer comes from Canada. Trump just tariff'd it.
And US farmers will lose lots of sales as trade wars shut off their export markets.
Farmers knew this bc he ran on it!
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
And US farmers will lose lots of sales as trade wars shut off their export markets.
Farmers knew this bc he ran on it!
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US, Canadian farmers face soaring fertilizer prices amid Trump trade war
With only weeks until spring planting on both sides of the border gets underway, Canadian and U.S. farmers, already facing low grain prices, are bracing for another economic blow: even bigger fertilizer bills amid a North American trade war.
www.reuters.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump's trade wars will push fert & fuel prices up- for ex, 80% of the US's potash fertilizer comes from Canada. Trump just tariff'd it.
And US farmers will lose lots of sales as trade wars shut off their export markets.
Farmers knew this bc he ran on it!
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
And US farmers will lose lots of sales as trade wars shut off their export markets.
Farmers knew this bc he ran on it!
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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If you remember 2022 when I kept saying "The global wheat shortage is not real. Stop panic-buying & driving up prices" & I was right? (Foreign Policy does!)
This is me telling you "the US farm situation right now is very bad. We SHOULD worry about this."
foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/12/r...
This is me telling you "the US farm situation right now is very bad. We SHOULD worry about this."
foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/12/r...
Panicky Markets Are the Greatest Danger to Global Food Supply
The loss of Ukrainian and Russian wheat can be made up elsewhere.
foreignpolicy.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you remember 2022 when I kept saying "The global wheat shortage is not real. Stop panic-buying & driving up prices" & I was right? (Foreign Policy does!)
This is me telling you "the US farm situation right now is very bad. We SHOULD worry about this."
foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/12/r...
This is me telling you "the US farm situation right now is very bad. We SHOULD worry about this."
foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/12/r...