Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to News@lemmy.world · 6 days agoU.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Agreement to Save Taxpayers Over $60 Million by Ending Grant for Texas High-Speed Rail Projectwww.transportation.govexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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‘My department will continue to look for every opportunity to save federal dollars and prioritize efficiencies’
minus-squareLit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days ago“The federal government spends more than $30 billion a year on subsidies for farm businesses and agriculture.” Remove subsidies on farms, please.
minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoSmall farms need the subsidies. Conglomerate-owned farms do not.
minus-squareLit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 days agono thanks, why not subsidise my job instead, my job is smaller than a small farm. A small farm is a mega business compared to my small job.
minus-squareGodwins_Law@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 days agoGod what a good change that would be. But these mega scale businesses always find ways to worm into the subsidies. I think John Oliver might have an episode on that.
“The federal government spends more than $30 billion a year on subsidies for farm businesses and agriculture.”
Remove subsidies on farms, please.
Small farms need the subsidies. Conglomerate-owned farms do not.
no thanks, why not subsidise my job instead, my job is smaller than a small farm. A small farm is a mega business compared to my small job.
God what a good change that would be. But these mega scale businesses always find ways to worm into the subsidies. I think John Oliver might have an episode on that.