Reg,

Tariffs are where Trump has always been wrong, but if DOGE had gone as wild against Tariffs as they had on USAID, there would be other interests, both agricultural and industrial, who would be caterwauling as much as all the interests caterwauling over cuts to USAID.

Government should stay out of either subsidy or protectionism for any…[Read more]

Reg,

In an interview on Russian state television on Sunday, Mr. Lavrov listed the ills that Europe — not America — had brought upon the world. The United States, in his telling, had gone from evil mastermind to innocent bystander.

“Colonization, wars, crusaders, the Crimean War, Napoleon, World War I, Hitler,” Mr. Lavrov said. “If we look at h…

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@Strega – Yes, I was thinking of that when I read it.

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

Unseen,

Is Trump a functional illiterate?

There is a mesage to be learned from this, but not what you may think. Government officials with that little self-awareness shouldn’t have control of health care or education.

Reg

With reference to Russia now blaming Europe…

The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.
George Orwell, 1984

A farmer would have to be stupid to have only one revenue stream and one customer.

I am in agreement that one revenue stream is not wise. Unless they keep hens where I guess having all their eggs in one basket would be very profitable at the moment. However it should have been scaled down and not just stopped. It is not the farmers that are being…[Read more]

In an interview on Russian state television on Sunday, Mr. Lavrov listed the ills that Europe — not America — had brought upon the world. The United States, in his telling, had gone from evil mastermind to innocent bystander.

“Colonization, wars, crusaders, the Crimean War, Napoleon, World War I, Hitler,” Mr. Lavrov said. “If we look at history i…[Read more]

Reg,

Well if I was a “real” farmer I might sweat a little. It is the immediate cut-off of all USAID that is the problem. There was no sliding scale to zero over a few years to allow contingency plans to be put in place. Given that USAID constituted about 0.7% of the total U.S. federal budget or 0.15% of GDP, I think the long term damage will not…

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