this is a GOOD TIME to encourage INCREASED agriculture in the USA
How does destroying overseas markets that took years to develop encouraging agriculture? And then tell me the difference between cash assistance payments to farmers and welfare.
a very astute world politics guy observed------something which in sum and substance meant "the country that has the food --controls the situation" <<<sorta. There are many very
POLITICALLY AMBITIOUS and aggressive entitites that --GOT MONEY (that means that got oil) that are dependent on import for food that are pushing their weight around
Good job at not answering my questions.
I checked back----the ONLY question that you posed that I could find was "how does destroying markets .......overseas encourage agriculture"? Your question makes no sense. The agriculture of the USA does not depend on how many cars are made in Japan and shipped to the USA or how many toys
are exported to the USA from China. The USA does USE much of its own agricultural products-----and could use PROPORTIONATELY more. There is no real reason for the USA to import agricultural products from other countries
Obviously you do not have the mental capacity to understand the question. My point is that the US agriculture industry has devoted significant resources and much effort in developing markets overseas for their goods. In fact, Chuck Conners, president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives recently said,
“Our sole business plan for the future of American agriculture is expanding trade."
I mean from the looks of most Americans, well it just doesn't appear there is much potential to expand the amount of food Americans are consuming. If we want our agriculture to expand exporting seems about the only way. Put another way, every one billion dollars in agricultural exports supports eight thousand jobs. Last year China purchased 12 billion dollars worth of soybeans from the US supporting almost a hundred thousand jobs. Pork and beef producers have spent years developing the Chinese markets for their products exporting billions of dollars worth of products, and at high profit. Pork offals, which I am sure you have no idea as to what that is, are considered delicacies in China. Here they are mostly used to make pet food. Guess which industry provides the most profit? Why not do your part and make a mess of chitterlings for dinner once a week.
The reality is that Trump's trade tarriffs, and his payments to affected farmers, both fly in the face of traditional Republican principals. It is the heavy hand of government manipulating markets and picking winners and losers. Obviously, the real RINO's are Donald Trump and his supporters.
