Thanks For Almost Growing Some Tiny Little Cajones, Boys.
Well crap, it finally, oh dear Lord finally, appears that the Republican congress has found the wherewithal to talk.
It’s over the $12 billion farm bail out.
Oh, they are throwing themselves an adorable little fit. Listen too some of this:
“This is becoming more and more like a Soviet type of economy here: Commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “I’m very exasperated. This is serious.”
“Taxpayers are going to be asked to initial checks to farmers in lieu of having a trade policy that actually opens and expands more markets. There isn’t anything about this that anybody should like,” said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3 GOP leader.
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Trump is giving farmers “golden crutches,” while Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said “this bailout compounds bad policy with more bad policy.” Toomey and GOP Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee said their legislation to tie the president’s hands on tariffs should pick up new steam now that the Trump administration is distorting the market.
Now cut this out and hang this on your refrigerator because come pickin’ time, every one of these guys will support the bailout because it’s an enormous gift to farmers right before the mid term elections.
Big hat, no cattle.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.