Comment by more_corn

Comment by more_corn 5 hours ago

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The thing about tariffs is you’re guaranteed to be on both sides because the other side retaliates.

Farmers get screwed twice because our tariffs increase the costs of their inputs and the retaliation reduces the value of outputs.

If I was a farmer I’d be tearing my hair out about now.

quantified 44 minutes ago

Farmers voted for tariffs so they should be happy. What, they didn't think tariffs were going to be bad when just slammed on the table? Maybe they should also think about higher education, to learn how things work beyond high school education.

  • jerlam 38 minutes ago

    In the last trade war (2017), the farmers got 18 billion dollars in bailouts. It's the same guy, so they're waiting again for their handouts.