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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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[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago
[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

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

[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 14 points 5 hours ago

Leopards ate my beef.

[-] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

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

[-] AmyAye@nord.pub 35 points 13 hours ago

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[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 37 points 14 hours ago

Hey, he renamed a lake for you, what you complaining about?

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Ungrateful ranchers!

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 80 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

They even got the bumper stickers asking people not to tread on them

Edit: unrelated, but the reflecting pool should have had one of those bumper stickers

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[-] churrodestroyer@lemmy.zip 55 points 17 hours 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.

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

I'm like 80% vegan. Still do bacon and eggs on the weekend and sometimes chicken with dinner. Even if everyone in the U.S. only became 50% vegan it would be pretty huge.

I feel like so many people think it's an "all or nothing" type of thing. Where either you're 100% vegan or you don't even bother with it.

[-] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 59 minutes ago

My husband eats beef every meal I swear. I've stopped eating it entirely, best I can do.

[-] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Who has beef money nowadays anyway?

[-] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

You ain't kidding - 2 years ago a huge pot of my 5 meat chili was 140.00 or so to make. I am not going to want to do it this year.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 38 minutes ago

Ugh now I want to try your 5 meat chili though

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 8 points 14 hours ago

You don’t have to go full vegan or vegetarian.

But it'd be cooler if you did 😎

[-] HorreC@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

So we can have more datacenters right??

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[-] aarch0x40@piefed.social 24 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, Farmers thought they were included in Trump’s America but they forgot to leave their ~~bribe~~ donation at the door.

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago

Did these dumb fucks really think trump cared about them?

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago

Did these dumb fucks really think

No.

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago
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[-] deadbeef79000 22 points 16 hours ago

I found the report!

We investigated.

He betrayed you.

You'd better shut up and take it.

Suck it losers!

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 12 hours ago

GOP congresspeople: "Shh! You want to get us all primary-ed?"

[-] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 18 points 17 hours 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 10 points 16 hours ago

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

[-] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours 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.

[-] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 15 hours ago

At the current moment, democrats are the only option to stop what's happening. After the current mess is dealt with, exploring other options are viable again.

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Voting 3rd party right now is like refusing to let the firefighters onto your property while a wildfire burns down the neighborhood.

“Can’t trust the firefighters! They have fire right in the name! Every-time there is a fire the firefighters are there! Coincidence?”

Meanwhile, republicans are running around with can full of gas and a box full of matches…

Edit: Oh and the third party candidate is seemingly promising to build a utopia out of the ashes and saying this fire is very unjust and shouldn’t have happened in the first place.

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[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 9 points 16 hours ago

You will keep getting fucked until you vote

Electoralists keep moving, this is a 🌈progressive neighborhood.🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️☭

Grassroots means direct actions.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

DAMN YOU ASSHOLES! SHE HAD A FUNNY LAUGH! WHY DO YOU SUPPORT GENOCIDE?!? GAZAAAAAAAAAAA!

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 16 hours ago

The best part is that it's not going to hurt those farmers at all. What it will affect is the quality of beef for the average consumer, since they're probably getting much lower grade or even rejected meat other countries don't want. So still getting faces eaten, but it's not the farmers. If you want an example of very thorough welfare, look at agriculture. Yet they're the loudest shouting.

[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I forgot where I read it, but it's tainted beef not even China or Argentina wants. Literally the food poisoning administration.

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