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Title: Poll: Farmers Support Tariffs On China
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URL Source: https://www.oann.com/poll-farmers-support-tariffs-on-china/
Published: Aug 15, 2019
Author: OAN Newsroom
Post Date: 2019-08-15 07:44:34 by A K A Stone
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Views: 3698
Comments: 41
A survey conducted by Iowa State University has found that farmers in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois support President Trump’s tariffs against China. According to the study, nearly 60-percent of respondents in those states expressed support for the ongoing trade war, while 14-percent had neutral feelings on the matter. This comes after Beijing announced earlier this month it would be suspending purchases of all U.S. agricultural farm products in response to the Trump administration’s recent round of tariffs targeting $300 billion in Chinese imports. Although the heightened trade tensions between Washington and Beijing has resulted in a near $10 billion decrease in U.S. agricultural exports to China, domestic farm exports have continued to rise. This suggests other countries have started buying products that China has dropped. Nonetheless, farmers feel the tariffs have put pressure on their industry with nearly 80-percent of respondents saying they fear farmers will bear the brunt of the trade dispute. President Trump has been eager to address this fear. “Again, they’ve said this many times, they’ve said they’re going to buy farm products, so far they’ve disappointed me with the truth,” he stated. “They haven’t been truthful or let’s say they have certainly delayed this decision, but it’s their intention to buy a lot of farm products and we did, we had a very good call with China.” On Tuesday, the president announced he will be holding off on a number of tariffs scheduled for September, so consumers won’t be affected during the holiday season. “We’re doing this for Christmas season, just in case some of the tariffs would have an impact on U.S. customers, but so far they’ve had virtually none,” explained President Trump. “The only impact has been that we’ve collected almost $60 billion from China, compliments of China, but just in case they might have an impact on people, what we’ve done is we’ve delayed it so that they won’t be relevant for the Christmas shopping season.”
Poster Comment: Real Americans support Tariffs. Fake Americans don't.
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#3. To: A K A Stone (#0)
It's funny - seeing you pontificate on what a "real American" is. I guess the farmers being screwed should just shut up and take it.
Nobody is being screwed. Not one person. This is America support Americans not commies. You are wrong so much of the time. There is no right to buy made in China in the USA. We should stop all trade with those commies you love so much.
If you say so chump. Farm income is way down, bankruptcies are way up, and farmers are relying on government payments to make ends meet. So, of course, it’s the perfect time for Sonny Perdue to joke about “whining” farmers. #CantMakeThisUp https://t.co/Mj26XbKmPv — Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 13, 2019 Perdue’s characterization of struggling farmers as “whiners” came after the Trump administration announced it will impose a 10 percent tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods starting Sept. 1, a significant escalation in the ongoing trade war between the two global powers.
There is no right to buy from China. But American and support your fellow citizens. You're like a bad cop.
U.S. farmers lost one of their biggest customers after China officially cancelled all purchases of U.S. agricultural products, a retaliatory move following President Donald Trump’s pledge to slap 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports. China’s exit piles on to a devastating year for farmers, who have struggled through record flooding and an extreme heat wave that destroyed crop yields, and trade war escalations that have lowered prices and profits this year. “It’s really, really getting bad out here,” said Bob Kuylen, who’s farmed for 35 years in North Dakota. “Trump is ruining our markets. No one is buying our product no more, and we have no markets no more.” Agriculture exports to China dropped by more than half last year. In 2017, China imported $19.5 billion in agricultural goods, making it the second-largest buyer overall for American farmers. In 2018, that dropped to $9.2 billion as the trade war escalated, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Then there's this: Rich farmers, not mom-and-pop farms, will collect most of Trump’s tariff bailout The lone valiant farmer struggling to eke an existence from his hardscrabble farm — that’s the image President Trump wants you to think about when contemplating the $28 billion in bailouts he’s spending to cover farm losses from his trade war. Think again. The vast majority of the dollars flowing to the agriculture industry via the bailouts is likely to go to farms with annual revenues of several million dollars. Most of them are major beneficiaries of federal crop support programs that steer billions in subsidies and low-priced crop insurance — including insurance that already covers some of their losses in the trade war. The biggest payments will go to the wealthiest farmers, who need them the least.
Go move to China asshole. See how they like your drug pushing. You will be killed. You like trading with people who use slave labor. Go fuck yourself again.
Go fuck yourself again. Always a class act, aren't you?
#11. To: Deckard (#9)
So says the drug pusher who hates America.
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#4. To: Deckard (#3)
I guess the farmers being screwed should just shut up and take it.
#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)
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Nobody is being screwed. Not one person.
#6. To: Deckard (#5)
#7. To: A K A Stone (#6)
There is no right to buy from China. Bu(y) American and support your fellow citizens.
#8. To: Deckard (#7)
#9. To: A K A Stone (#8)
Go move to China asshole.
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