Trump's ethanol waivers are sparking rebellion in farm country

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(08-28-2019, 08:55 AM)GMDino Wrote: "something" in this case is bad for Americans.  That doesn't mean I support Chiana dn want them to "win" this "easy to win trade war".  It means that DJT made another bad policy decision and then doubled down when it didn't work.




Exactly.  But DJT know "more" about everything than everyone.  And in some corners if you don't support his every decision you are with the enemy.  Part of the polarization of this country comes from line of thinking too.

As to the China problem: I agree that a group effort would have been better.  But also having a leader that has the ability to stay on task and worry more about the goal than how he looks and who likes him.  His sole concern is money.  Period.  He thinks the country is one of his businesses and all he cares about is making money...for him.  Because he has done nothing about the deficit and nothing to cut spending.  This is why so many of his ventures went into bankruptcy:  He doesn't know how to MAKE money, he knows how to spend someone ELSE's money until there isn't any left.  Having him, as you say, unilaterally making these trade moves is asinine.  And again that doesn't mean I do not think China is taking advantage of our trade or that I want China to beat the US.  It means I have a problem with Trump and his minions telling us we have to deal with the pain until he wins over this.  As I've said before (crossing the streams here) we don't dare ask businesses of citizens to deal with the "pain" of going at climate change because it will cost money! LOL!

But to the OP if Trump wants Socialism for the american farmer then good for him.  That will be a good look going into the 2020 elections. 

'bad for americans' is too simple here.

Our overall approach has been bad for four decades. There isn't going to be something that fixes the issues overnight without growing pains. For me, tariffs can be a tool to fix it and they're going to be "bad" for people in the short term, but they really only work if there's tax reform to go along with it that discourages employers from sending jobs overseas. Then those price increases in the short term get replaced by jobs in the long term.