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Omaha Steve

(108,417 posts)
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 08:18 AM Mar 2025

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts says Trump likely to seek compensation for farmers harmed by tariffs

Source: Omaha World Herald

Henry J. Cordes Mar 5, 2025 Updated 8 hrs ago

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts expects President Donald Trump will seek to compensate Nebraska’s farmers if they suffer economic damages due to a brewing trade war over Trump’s tariffs.

Trump addressed his trade policy and farmers in his speech before a joint session of Congress Tuesday, asking farmers to “bear with me again” as he seeks to use tariffs to reset trade relations with nations around the world.

“He said, ‘Hey, look, there’s going to be an adjustment period here, but I love our farmers,’ and he’s going to look out for them,” the Nebraska Republican said during a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “And if you look at what he did his first term, that’s exactly what he did.”

Indeed, Trump offered billions of direct aid payments to U.S. farmers during his first term after his tariff policies toward China drew retaliatory tariffs on American agricultural products.

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Original link: https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/article_d2937d92-fa0c-11ef-b49b-0b959234fd4c.html
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U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts says Trump likely to seek compensation for farmers harmed by tariffs (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2025 OP
Taxpayers pay to ruin the farmers, then pay again to save them. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #1
That's exactly what I am posting about - he's double killing us - on purpose & for his own profit. lark Mar 2025 #9
Everything is done for his personal financial profit and his sadism. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #12
But hey, we're saving money! Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 2025 #14
Farmers don't care that taxpayers are being scammed to pay for their bribes. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #15
Nebraska will always vote red synni Mar 2025 #28
Hell...if this happens it would be like three subsidy checks per month. No doubt still getting the one Bengus81 Mar 2025 #33
Tax payers paying for Trump crimes. NotHardly Mar 2025 #36
We pay Trump to commit crimes and ruin the country. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #37
Fuk them with a chrome plated Chinese chainsaw UpInArms Mar 2025 #2
Can they ever stop lying?.................. Lovie777 Mar 2025 #3
Smells like convoluted Ponzi scheme. Timeflyer Mar 2025 #4
Funded by The Heritage Foundation wolfie001 Mar 2025 #5
So we have snowybirdie Mar 2025 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author snowybirdie Mar 2025 #7
Shall we speak.of government waste? Of creating a massive problem so it can be sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #8
Why are our co-equal branches of government allowing them to loot all our money? travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #10
I've never seen stupider moves Marthe48 Mar 2025 #11
"WHY DID BIDEN MAKE ME SMASH IT?!?!?!?" durablend Mar 2025 #13
Tariffs are a consumption tax BlueHurricane Mar 2025 #16
Hey Pete - how about some relief for my 401k? DenaliDemocrat Mar 2025 #17
TSF needs to create a new Department of Tariff Exemptions. Sneederbunk Mar 2025 #18
NO, fuck NO and NO coprolite Mar 2025 #19
My exact sentiments!!! oasis Mar 2025 #25
I imagine that in Nebraska there are a lot of boots; and their associated straps... EarthFirst Mar 2025 #20
To hell with those farmers. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #21
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2025 #22
Hell no! oldguy_tls Mar 2025 #23
Oh, sure MadMike47 Mar 2025 #24
LOL. The tariffs are supposed to raise money for the government, but Ocelot II Mar 2025 #26
90% of collected tariffs during last Trump term went to compensate lazy farmers who don't want to work Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #32
Hummm? Why not just eliminated the tariffs...no harm, no foul. What's the old adage... brush Mar 2025 #27
How about we do a taxpayer line-item veto Aviation Pro Mar 2025 #29
Government compensating farmers? Isn't that...SOCIALISM!!! Yavin4 Mar 2025 #30
Shhhhhh.... Bengus81 Mar 2025 #35
Lazy farmers would rather get government hand-outs than work for a living Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #31
Hey Ricketts...why don't you just dial up Trump and tell him to STOP all the tariffs? Bengus81 Mar 2025 #34
Is he going to compensate California farmers Retrograde Mar 2025 #38

lark

(25,889 posts)
9. That's exactly what I am posting about - he's double killing us - on purpose & for his own profit.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 09:07 AM
Mar 2025

Everything he does is murderous. He looks at the options and chooses the one he can exploit and profiteer off the most and that will hurt others to the maximum degree - just as his master commands.

Irish_Dem

(79,741 posts)
12. Everything is done for his personal financial profit and his sadism.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 09:28 AM
Mar 2025

He wants to be a trillionaire and he gets off on being cruel to others.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,903 posts)
14. But hey, we're saving money!
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 10:18 AM
Mar 2025

Last edited Thu Mar 6, 2025, 03:58 PM - Edit history (1)



This is nothing but a ploy to keep Nebraska voting red.

Bengus81

(9,809 posts)
33. Hell...if this happens it would be like three subsidy checks per month. No doubt still getting the one
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:40 PM
Mar 2025

from the Trump tariff in his first term

Irish_Dem

(79,741 posts)
37. We pay Trump to commit crimes and ruin the country.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 02:13 PM
Mar 2025

And we will have to pay for that damage in a number of ways.

UpInArms

(54,046 posts)
2. Fuk them with a chrome plated Chinese chainsaw
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 08:27 AM
Mar 2025

They still have their crappy billboard sized signs up from 2016

Dump Pence …

Farmers for dump

Don’t blame me I voted for dump

And some disgusting newer ones ..

I hope they all rot in the hell they created

snowybirdie

(6,563 posts)
6. So we have
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 08:53 AM
Mar 2025

Tariffs to get money from other countries and reduce our debt, and then turn around and incur more debt to compensate farmers'losses? Huh?

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

sinkingfeeling

(57,200 posts)
8. Shall we speak.of government waste? Of creating a massive problem so it can be
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 09:02 AM
Mar 2025

resolved by more tax dollars? Can this administration even spell "efficiency"?

travelingthrulife

(4,463 posts)
10. Why are our co-equal branches of government allowing them to loot all our money?
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 09:20 AM
Mar 2025

Create a completely unnecessary problem then use our money to fix it.

Marthe48

(22,705 posts)
11. I've never seen stupider moves
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 09:24 AM
Mar 2025

Boy smashes engine with sledge hammer, can't figure out why the car won't run.

BlueHurricane

(70 posts)
16. Tariffs are a consumption tax
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 10:47 AM
Mar 2025

We all just got a tax increase and then he wants the US taxpayer to bail out farmers who he screwed. Maybe they need to learn what it means to keep voting Republican.

He could just drop the tariffs.

Sneederbunk

(17,254 posts)
18. TSF needs to create a new Department of Tariff Exemptions.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 11:17 AM
Mar 2025

He could hire fired Fed employees to run it.

coprolite

(365 posts)
19. NO, fuck NO and NO
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 11:45 AM
Mar 2025

As a taxpayer I do not want to pay for Trumps mistakes. We had to in his first Term, taxpayers paid tariffs at the check out counter and then we paid again when Trump helped the farmer forget their pain when he gave them 26 billion dollars.

No, this can come out of Trumps billionaire tax cuts.

republianmushroom

(22,122 posts)
21. To hell with those farmers.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 11:58 AM
Mar 2025

They voted for the convicted felon, let them live and learn like those Muslims.

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

oldguy_tls

(24 posts)
23. Hell no!
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 12:50 PM
Mar 2025

I love and support the American farmer and have been a big supporter of Farm Aid since it's inception. I opposed these payouts during the drumpenfuhrer's first term to the tune of (correct me if I'm wrong) some $28 Billion! All tRump is trying to do is ensure his rural base doesn't abandon him. If anyone has to suffer for this, let it be drumpf.

Ocelot II

(129,021 posts)
26. LOL. The tariffs are supposed to raise money for the government, but
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:07 PM
Mar 2025

they do so much damage to the farm economy that farmers have to be reimbursed by the government for the harm done by the tariffs? WTF?

Prairie Gates

(7,175 posts)
32. 90% of collected tariffs during last Trump term went to compensate lazy farmers who don't want to work
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:35 PM
Mar 2025

Lazy farmers!

(Hurts a bit, don't it?)

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
27. Hummm? Why not just eliminated the tariffs...no harm, no foul. What's the old adage...
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:08 PM
Mar 2025

one lie leads to another...same thing with tariffs.

Aviation Pro

(15,239 posts)
29. How about we do a taxpayer line-item veto
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:17 PM
Mar 2025

And stop this shit right now. No, bail out for fucking MAGAts, Not President Motherfucker Krasnov.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
30. Government compensating farmers? Isn't that...SOCIALISM!!!
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:25 PM
Mar 2025

Ahhhh...SOCIALISM....run away!!!

Prairie Gates

(7,175 posts)
31. Lazy farmers would rather get government hand-outs than work for a living
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:34 PM
Mar 2025

They voted for Trump so he could put in tariffs then give them handouts like last time. LAZY!

(See how that works?)

Bengus81

(9,809 posts)
34. Hey Ricketts...why don't you just dial up Trump and tell him to STOP all the tariffs?
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 01:45 PM
Mar 2025

Fucking PUSSY................

Retrograde

(11,375 posts)
38. Is he going to compensate California farmers
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 03:03 PM
Mar 2025

for the billions of gallons of irrigation water that he dumped in January? No? Because even though the farming areas of California support Republicans he needs to punish the state as a whole?

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