Trump administration cancels grant allowing Illinois schools to buy from local farmers.
Trump administration cancels grant allowing Illinois schools to buy from local farmers.
A federal fund has been cut that provided Illinois schools and childcare centers with healthy foods from local farms and suppliers.
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I'm hopeful this will all lead to America's farmers breaking from the republican party.
I fear american farmers will go bankrupt and all their land will be bought by corporations.
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I fear american farmers will go bankrupt and all their land will be bought by corporations.
That's already kinda the case that's been happening in slow motion. Various policies over the last several decades have driven family farmers out of business to be replaced with bigger and bigger companies.
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Farmers sure do love voting Conservative, despite the fact that it negatively impacts them. The mistake is bringing logic into a discussion like this.
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The farmers and the military vets probably high five each other just before the leopards come
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Man they sure like fucking over farmers, guess Soviet-style wreckage of agriculture by the government was on the Putin "to do" list.
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Aren't the tariffs meant to be in place to stimulate the internal economy? These orders are starting to look a lot like high treason.
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Said to? Yes. Meant to? No.
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Yeah, markets are supposed to be free! Can't be propping up uncompetitive businesses (unless they're owned by cronies).
Crony capitalism!
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The intent is to destroy America at the behest of his master, Putin.
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That's definitely where my head is going. I cannot for the life of me think of a reasonable alternative.
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Please sir, can I have some more?
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Let them eat cake!
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Learning the hard way the E in DEI was helping them.
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Why the hell would you need a grant to allow that? Can’t they buy from whoever they please?