I talked to someone and they said Trump has the agriculture department giving out money to farmers, give a small percentage of their income back to them. But there are only a few days left to be redeem it. By the time you read this it's probably too late for you, but oh wow what a program! Makes me regret voting him out.
The program is called "Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2" and it's from the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture): Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 | Farmers.gov: Resources for Farmers and Producers https://www.farmers.gov/cfap U.S. Department of Agriculture Go to your nearest USDA office. There are two pages you need to file immediately and then there is time later to fill out the remainder of the application, but do it soon!
Having grown up on a farm, this kind of program is very attractive to me. Trump is standing up for farmers/ranchers and has these farmer's backs. I don't think Democrats would have done this.
Well the government shuts down on December 11th so you might not want to wait til the last day to apply.
Thanks for the tip on the government shutdown, I will pass it on. Anyway, as for myself, I don't qualify, but it's important to spread the word among farmers so that they might get something to carry them through this tough winter.
Everyone loves 'free' money from the Government, be they financiers, bankers, farmers or plumbers. The only difference is the first two get billions in subsidies or tax deductions ( which amounts to the same thing), the other two will get 'dollars'. Most of the agricultural subsidies in the US go to corporate 'agro' business not not privately owned farms.
Well, the government chooses who gets the money. Usually that means the government likes what they are doing and wants to encourage that kind of behavior. If you don't like it, or think the government no longer likes a specific activity, then maybe you should go through the list of subsidies and recommend that your government officials repeal them.
No the Government (in this case Congress and the Senate) 'gives' government money to, in no particular order; - the biggest donors; - the groups with the most influential lobbyists; and/or - programs/projects they think will gain them the most votes at the next election. What they 'like' is getting reelected. As a rule the economic or social good of the entire nation and electorate as a whole usually takes second place to this key metric. In any event the US Agricultural sector (which meets at least two of the three criteria above) is already heavily subsidized at the expense of non-farming voters.
Sometimes that is true. Other times, not so much. The reparations for black farmers program was a disaster. I mean if the goal was to "punish" the Dept of Ag, that was fine, but an awful lot of those Pigford checks over the years seem to have gone to people who didn't ever own a farm. I would rather have seen those billions spent more directly in helping more current black farmers since you cannot "punish" a government department.
