cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65781855

Members of Congress are being urged to investigate President Donald Trump’s plan to import hundreds of thousands of metric tons of foreign beef in a bid to lower grocery store costs, amid growing frustration from farm-state lawmakers and the nation’s embattled ranchers at the proposal.

Under the plan, the administration would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings into the U.S. tariff-free from a still-unspecified source country for a 90-day period beginning September 1—which Trump said would then be sold “at 25 percent below current market prices."

“Congress needs to have an emergency hearing on this,” John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, said in response to the proposal, which the president said would “reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.”

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    12 days ago

    People in general just don’t think enough when they’re voting. People in general just don’t think enough.

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    12 days ago

    You weren’t supposed to tread on me. 😭

    Ranchers deserve to experience absolute ruin for all of the evil they supported when it didn’t touch them.

    “It’s an emergency now!!” He stole nearly 3 billion dollars from the American people, but now he’s stealing millions from us. Have the days you voted for you fucking bigot cowards. Ranchers are the real screw worms, because they’re parasites suckling off the government teet while they cry about big government. I hope it dries up and you become just like most gen z and millennial without a single sq ft of property or money to your names.

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    12 days ago

    Its ok, they’ll magically forget when Trump’s socialist “look the other way” bailout bribe comes in before the midterms.

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    12 days ago

    You hired representatives that refuse to question or investigate Trump. You’ll keep getting fucked until you start voting Democrat.

    • kylie_kraft@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      You will keep getting fucked until you vote for people who aren’t out to fuck you. Democrats are not excluded.

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        12 days ago

        Ok, so nothing in the near term will help at all. Thanks for the input.

        For intelligent people, one thing being better than the other is still better. I don’t like the two party system either but it’s not going to change by us continuing to refuse to participate.

  • churrodestroyer@lemmy.zip
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    12 days ago

    You don’t have to go full vegan or vegetarian. Reducing beef intake without giving it up is better than nothing. Even swapping to chicken or pork for a meal or two a week will impact your big picture water usage more than you’d think.