Posted on 04/15/2025 9:04:40 AM PDT by artichokegrower
American farmers are pleading for exemptions from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Republican members of Congress from farm states are working to deliver the relief farmers want. But farmers do not deserve special treatment and should not get it.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Damn farmers. David Frumm should boycott them and not eat
David Frum, Neocon tool at The Atlantic
i don’t think Trump’s tariffs apply to American Farmers.
He is from Canada and he is a warmonger though he has never served in either military. Frum was also a speechwriter for W Bush which explains the rest.
What do the tariffs have to do with American farms?
Farmers DO deserve special treatment, because they produce the food that people need to live.
But of course the Democrats have been at war against farmers for decades, as are the ruling parties of the former "free world".
The Bushes were an error, and America Last people are disgusting.
Yep yep YEP
Farmers import all sorts of stuff. Tractors fertilizer equipment not to mention they buy consumer crap.
Why should farmer’s be exempt? The are no more worthy of an exemption than an other citizen. Well unless you are a well connected maker of phones or electric cars.
Whether or not they should or should not get them.. whatever.
I’m sure the Democrats have passed out special dispensations for their pet industries (green boondoggles etc.)
So cry me a river, Atlantic.
Frum is one nasty little rat collaborator.
Frum must want special treatment for items like Australian beef, of which we have imported billions of dollars worth over the years, as opposed to the native-raised, US version of beef of which Australia has not imported ONE DIME’S WORTH from the US.
Bush’s favorite Canadian speechwriter pops up.
Some of us remember Frum labelling Pat Buchanan a Nazi in the American Spectator before helping Dubya launch Iraq War round 2.
Yeah another guy I’ll never
listen to on anything
Figures he’s a Bushie
All Trump has to do is reduce the price of oil and natural gas which has a huge impact on both input costs (fertilizer) and transportation, and get the government’s boot heel off farmers necks by eliminating unnecessary regulations like the evil Waters of the US, and he will have strong support from farmer.
Sure, lower taxes and interest rates would be great too, but ask any farmer and he’ll tell you the #1 wish is for the government to get the hell out of his business and let him farm his land the way he wants to.
Agricultural goods are commodities and can be sold anywhere to anyone, this story is made up. And whenever they can’t ship out of the country it just means it’ll be cheaper for Americans to buy it here.
The Atlantic takes every opportunity to gin up hatred for people who voted for Trump? Anyone remember the stories they did on Biden’s dementia before Biden outed himself to tyhe whole world in the ‘debate’? Didn’t think so...
While were at it. get rid of the ETHANOL mandate.
Quit making corn into alcohol.
I must have missed it but how does this guy have any say in anything?
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