just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 hours agoWhy Trump's vow to lower grocery costs will backfire, economists warnwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down14
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·10 hours agoThere’s a lot of shady shit with farm subsidies… https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/01/farm-bill-funds-lawmakers-00093821 And if Trump did actually do anything, it would be massive subsidies to the big farms and limiting import to drive up the price. If we’re lucky we’d end up paying the same price but shit would always be running out, this k England immediately after Brexit. But the wealthy would make a shit ton more money.
minus-squarenforminvasion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoRural conservative farmers are the biggest welfare queens you can dream of, but they always moan about the liberals and “coloreds” taking all the money with their laziness.
There’s a lot of shady shit with farm subsidies…
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/01/farm-bill-funds-lawmakers-00093821
And if Trump did actually do anything, it would be massive subsidies to the big farms and limiting import to drive up the price.
If we’re lucky we’d end up paying the same price but shit would always be running out, this k England immediately after Brexit.
But the wealthy would make a shit ton more money.
Rural conservative farmers are the biggest welfare queens you can dream of, but they always moan about the liberals and “coloreds” taking all the money with their laziness.