Posted on 12/22/2021 2:01:27 AM PST by blueplum
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration overpaid corn farmers by about $3 billion in federal aid in 2019 and farmers in the South were paid more for the same crops than those elsewhere in the country, a federal watchdog agency has found.
The Government Accountability Office said in a report released Monday that international disputes resulting from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump hurt farmers but that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s county-by-county methodology for computing the extent of damage was flawed, leading to overpayment....
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It's not that farmers were paid, but the GAO believes corn farmers, and farmers in the South were paid too much, and other farmers weren't paid enough. The Ag Dept says, GAO is not looking at the right numbers, or considering the tarrifs against both corn and corn products such as ethanol and animal feed.
Blame Bush for his idiotic corn fuel crap.
GAO has been politicized since its inception. Total misnomer.
Deep State (AGAIN!) trying to stop a Trump Candidacy.
Is this the next media attack plan?
Relentlessly blame Trump for massive fraud in federal programs.
One month from now, this story will vanish, and a new Trump depredation will magically appear.
AP doing cover for reported 100B embezzled from Covid funds one would imagine
SORRY, I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
JEEZ USS, now the Media wants to make FARMERS THE ENEMY.
I wish all the MSM nothing but destruction.
OH, and the hateful Ass Press should be the first to go.
Where’s our uranium, AP? Ask Killiary
And the problem is?
Dementia Joe has overpaid BLM activists etc by over a Trillion dollars in fake “pandemic relief” How are the AP creeps going to eat if farmers don't produce food?
I trust NOTHING from Deep State operatives
Secret Service: Nearly $100B stolen in pandemic relief funds
Bet if the author had dug a bit further it would have led back to Monsanto. Only 2% of US corn is not ruled by Monsanto. Nearly as much control over the other crops mentioned.
Ain’t no one complaining in Iowa. lol!
GEEEE-—
IF we end the use of fossil fuels for cars, trucks, etc.——there goes the market for ETHANOL !!!!!!!1
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