Is it more money than we typically give to farmers?
If the republicans are ok with it, then they better be ok with it when democrat presidents do it. You know me, I can’t stand the hypocrisy.
Republicans seem to be ok with subsidies are given to farmers and corporations. “Welfare” for the working poor is basically a subsidy for businessmen. Republicans use the family farm example to get rid of estate tax (which I think is ridiculous).
I’ve always had a problem with some of the farm subsidies, I would need to know more details. Large commercial farms that make huge money every year, except the one bad one in every 20 years, I don’t agree with subsidizing that farmer or paying him to take him through the one bad year. I also don’t like the idea of the government subsidizing certain crops. Why not let the free market decide what crops are grown? Oh, free market—the republicans should be in favor of that over government interference.
I don’t know the details of the current situation.
Mostly, people who hate Trump are trying hard to get his supporters to turn on him. That’s why they are obsessing about Trump being very very far from the family values that so many of his supporters used to trot out. Now, even if Democrats before Trump did the same type of subsidies, it doesn’t matter, all that matters to the people who hate him is his supporters see that he using tax dollars. My feeling is majority of his supporters will ignore it all, and it’s a waste of time. Although, if you just sway some people it can matter. Some elections tend to be very close.