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Fender's avatar

Yes, they will absolutely get bailed out. Like I said in another post, we're Saddam-era Iraq now. We all live to support the Baathist/MAGA minority. And, they never have to grow up. Kind of like a petro state in a way. They can be stupid, evil and awful, and they dip into our reserves to keep feeding their hate machine when the funds get low.

But, we should absolutely fight any way we can against those bailouts. I'm tired of watching Republicans get bailed out of their self-inflicted misery.

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Marcia's avatar

As a Democrat living in Iowa, I share your outrage and consternation about the farmers who seem perpetually determined to fall for every Fox News lie and vote GOP against their own interests.

But I can’t look on upcoming tRump-induced calamity for Midwestern farmers with schadenfreude. I foresee that those who are the most capable stewards of the land may lose their property to the billionaire agribusinesses — who will, in turn, continue to spend great wealth electing de-regulation, “no-tax on billionaires” politicians.

I’m frustrated, but F**k the farmers has bad consequences. I would like to see “farmers” defined as people who live on the farm at least 9 months a year. Agricultural tax breaks and bail-outs might be made available to farmers in some situations. Those who own land as a business investment will not qualify for the same tax-payer funded largesse as actual farmers who reside on their farms — the agribusinesses will have to rely on the usual loopholes and their tax lawyers in case of a bad year (or lunatic executive branch).

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Huffman: Doing Nothing's avatar

I completely agree. We should not be bailing out rich investors.

I know a family that is one of the largest recipients of federal farm aid in California.

They live happily in the middle of San Francisco.

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