What about work requirements? Drug testing? Can they use the money on soda and fast food?

Welfare queens.

True MAGA farmers should reject payouts from the government, because that's socialism and socialism is BaAaAaD

How about them bootstraps, huh?

Vast majority of this funding will get vacuumed up by corporate farms and continue to leave most small family/independents out to dry

"What we're doing is we're taking a relatively small portion of that [money we made off tariffs], and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance.“

You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know... morons.

Yet another "one-time" payment to farmers... must be another year with trump in the white house: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/donald-trump-coronavirus-farmer-bailouts-359932

Ok. So then what about next year when the tarrifs are still in place and fucking over farmers?

So, he's taking our money that we're forced to pay due to his stupid tariffs and is using some of it to payoff his supporters who he screwed over with those same tariffs. So, forcing everyone else to clean up his messes. Classic trump.

Why do they need payouts?

How much of that £12 bn is going to megacorporations versus small farmers?

I’m trying to figure out here how much farmland is actually owned by farming families and not corporate entities or corporations operating under the “family” banner while being owned by a family that owns shitloads of farms, but I can’t find an honest answer here and the definition of family seems fucking dubious everywhere I’ve looked.

From his own pocket right? Because his stupid decisions put them in that situation. I would like to see what percentage of money goes to small farms and what money goes to huge corporate farms.

boosting the farm safety net

Oh nice that they get one but no one fucking else does.

It's like driving through town and throwing coins out the window.

So the argument is that since the executive is collecting the tariffs, it can spend them directly without Congress?

Isn't the IRS also an executive agency?

Once the small farmers realize Trump is coming for their land it will be too late.

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

Look it's me, a farmer.

Didn't this genius do nearly the same thing in his first failed term?

And 95% or more will most likely go to corporate megafarms and leave the small farms out to dry.

Less than he gave to argentina

Sounds like welfare

Such a bunch of socialists. :)

Oh noes farmers may actually realize they are being fucked! Let's give them welfare checks. Well not the darkies anyways. Must keep em dumb and voting.

Where does that 12 billion for soybean and corn farmers come from? The people who can't afford their groceries. America has enough corn. America grows corn just to burn it as a gasoline additive. Maybe if the price of corn is falling, it's time to grow something else.