Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to News@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkU.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Agreement to Save Taxpayers Over $60 Million by Ending Grant for Texas High-Speed Rail Projectwww.transportation.govAatube@kbin.melroy.org to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
‘My department will continue to look for every opportunity to save federal dollars and prioritize efficiencies’
minus-squareLit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down3·1 day 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-up21arrow-down1·1 day agoSmall farms need the subsidies. Conglomerate-owned farms do not.
minus-squareLit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-222 hours 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-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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.