Congress has rolled out something called The American Rescue Plan which forgives $4 billion in loans to “socially disadvantaged” farmers. What the hell is a socially disadvantaged farmer? All farmers are disadvantaged as farming goes against the laws of supply and demand. You have a good crop. More supply, less demand. You and other farmers have a bad year due to drought, diseases, bugs, or natural disasters. Guess what? The price of that commodity goes way up. I know of a dairy farmer who is struggling as the demand for milk is dropping. Thank you “lactose intolerance.”
Here is the USDA definition of a “disadvantaged farmer.”
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers
The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act defines a socially disadvantaged group as one whose members have been subject to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities. USDA regulations further define socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (SDFRs) as belonging to the following groups: American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Asians, Blacks or African Americans, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, and women. The 2018 Farm Act includes dedicated funding providing increased cost share, loss compensation and loan assistance to SDFRs, as well as provisions to incentivize research on issues faced by SDFRs.
So farmers of color get loan forgiveness and the whites get nothing! This is part of real systematic racism. For decades now thanks to quota’s, for everything whites and especially white males have been getting the short end of the stick from getting into schools to getting promotions and contracts. None of these people experienced racism. If they have so what? Its not the government’s job to compensate people who were not victims. Fortunately a group of Wisconsin farmers is suing the government for discrimination. Hopefully they will win.
They did the same thing in South Africa when the whites no longer ran the country. And that country is going to hell faster than you can say Boer!
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