Trump just announced a $6 billion subsidy package for U.S. farmers affected by tariffs.
I won’t say I know all the in’s & out’s of this… but I do know we cry foul — loudly — whenever we find other countries subsidizing products or industries.
Why do we even need subsidies? With all the hunger in the U.S., you’d think farmers would be growing stuff that could also be sold at home. Even I know about the importance of crop rotation. And the fact that subsidies aren’t part of a free market.
You know that phrase, “you either love ’em or hate ’em”?
That only half applies to Trump.
You can certainly hate him. But I believe he’s not lovable.
You can, however, love the things he is doing… he’s getting stuff done at a pace we haven’t seen before. And when it’s the stuff you want to get done, it’s inspiring to watch.
But, I don’t believe he’s lovable. He’s immature and a blowhard. That’s a hard combination to love.
Even when he’s trying to support someone — as in loyalty to a friend or group — he still feels swarthy and slimy and comes off as totally disingenuous… like he’s only doing it because there’s something in it for him.
What does this mean for politics? I think I’m done electing politicians. I can’t wait for the next true business candidate, one that I hope is as decisive as Trump… that cuts through the b.s. red tape like Trump… but that doesn’t act like a petulant 5-year old like Trump.
Was looking at some product info and it started out with possibly the best description of kids and parents I’ve ever read:
Kids, especially teenagers, are astoundingly moronic, impulse driven idiots that are typically completely ignorant of their own mortality who spend their time traveling in packs looking for opportunities to trump each other’s stupidity.
Parents, especially American ones, are overwhelmingly paranoid, obsessive, overbearing blowhards that misidentify harmless coming of age behavior and experiences as threats to their child’s well being while ignoring real threats to their mental and physical health such as television and run-amok consumerism.
Painful but true!
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