I’m sorry John but I couldn’t disagree more. Someone coming from the ag world will be a status quo pick. Crop insurance are killing farmers, driving them to suicide by trapping them in a debt cycle that removes them from the title of their land. There is NO justification for the USG to subsidize #2 corn when we can no longer compete on the international market (our machinery, debt and capital costs are too high). The subsidies program is a zombie program just designed to give profits to Monsanto, John Deere and Cargill.
IMO we are in for Trump term #1 on repeat. Trump is DUMB! If you listen to him talk long form he only talks about his accomplishments and the personal characteristics of world leaders. The dude has no idea how policy works and his IQ is barely pushing north of 100. The guy doesn’t have the mental horsepower to understand.
We have all been betrayed and there will be no PRIME Act. There is no such thing as a “Goldilocks” pick. It doesn’t matter, we were always already screwed.
I fear you are correct but that just makes me fight harder. You write "The subsidies program is a zombie program just designed to give profits to Monsanto, John Deere and Cargill." Exactly true, and they want to make that a global model to enslave all of humanity. I must work with what we have, and Trump is irrelevant to USDA if he simply allows the right people in. I believe Brooke will lead people to make real change -- if she doesn't, you are right and we are lost. But I think it will all begin to shift very soon through inflation. If Trump stands up to the globalists I don't care if he has an IQ of 10. But he WILL stand against the globalists, or no one will. There are more people than just Brooke going to USDA, if we are to make a difference.
So... thank you for opening this topic. I went out of my way to research this person, Brooke Rollins. The article is not accurate. This is what I found:
She grew up in a small town, Glen Rose TX, daughter of local businesswoman and politician. Dad owns an RV park. She was involved in 4-H as a kid, apparently the family had some milk goats. She has 2 younger sisters. All three girls got through undergraduate school on an ag scholarship. None of them continued ag involvement. Brooke has been active in politics for a long time, and none of the causes she's been involved with include ag. Her big thing seems to be prison reform. She is a townie, living in Ft Worth.
As far as I can tell, this is another "damn lawyer" for USDA, in a long string of such lawyers. All the way to Nixon, I think. What, no savvy farmers out there? Or even a lawyer who genuinely farms?
She was picked for being a loyalist. She seems to be genuinely conservative. But I saw no indication that her heart is with the soil and the people that work it.
I’m sorry John but I couldn’t disagree more. Someone coming from the ag world will be a status quo pick. Crop insurance are killing farmers, driving them to suicide by trapping them in a debt cycle that removes them from the title of their land. There is NO justification for the USG to subsidize #2 corn when we can no longer compete on the international market (our machinery, debt and capital costs are too high). The subsidies program is a zombie program just designed to give profits to Monsanto, John Deere and Cargill.
IMO we are in for Trump term #1 on repeat. Trump is DUMB! If you listen to him talk long form he only talks about his accomplishments and the personal characteristics of world leaders. The dude has no idea how policy works and his IQ is barely pushing north of 100. The guy doesn’t have the mental horsepower to understand.
We have all been betrayed and there will be no PRIME Act. There is no such thing as a “Goldilocks” pick. It doesn’t matter, we were always already screwed.
I fear you are correct but that just makes me fight harder. You write "The subsidies program is a zombie program just designed to give profits to Monsanto, John Deere and Cargill." Exactly true, and they want to make that a global model to enslave all of humanity. I must work with what we have, and Trump is irrelevant to USDA if he simply allows the right people in. I believe Brooke will lead people to make real change -- if she doesn't, you are right and we are lost. But I think it will all begin to shift very soon through inflation. If Trump stands up to the globalists I don't care if he has an IQ of 10. But he WILL stand against the globalists, or no one will. There are more people than just Brooke going to USDA, if we are to make a difference.
I appreciate your honesty and commitment to change! Thank you for all you do and what you fight for! Keep up the good fight!
So... thank you for opening this topic. I went out of my way to research this person, Brooke Rollins. The article is not accurate. This is what I found:
She grew up in a small town, Glen Rose TX, daughter of local businesswoman and politician. Dad owns an RV park. She was involved in 4-H as a kid, apparently the family had some milk goats. She has 2 younger sisters. All three girls got through undergraduate school on an ag scholarship. None of them continued ag involvement. Brooke has been active in politics for a long time, and none of the causes she's been involved with include ag. Her big thing seems to be prison reform. She is a townie, living in Ft Worth.
As far as I can tell, this is another "damn lawyer" for USDA, in a long string of such lawyers. All the way to Nixon, I think. What, no savvy farmers out there? Or even a lawyer who genuinely farms?
She was picked for being a loyalist. She seems to be genuinely conservative. But I saw no indication that her heart is with the soil and the people that work it.
I think the hope is that she will be a moderate administrator allowing regenerative farming voices to have greater sway at USDA.....
Yes, but... Is that hope based on anything she has said or done?
If so, my research missed it.
Good news!