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TexasTowelie

(117,467 posts) Tue Feb 13, 2018, 09:53 AM Feb 2018

Kansas senator says Trump pledged not to cut crop insurance. Trump's budget cuts it

TOPEKA -- Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts said President Donald Trump made a commitment to him in the Oval Office last year not to cut crop insurance, a key program for farmers.

Trump’s budget proposal cuts the program anyway.

The president’s budget plan, released Monday, would eliminate subsidies to higher-income farmers and reduce “overly generous” subsidies for others, the White House said.

Under Trump’s budget, the average premium subsidy for crop insurance would fall from 62 percent to 48 percent.

The changes would save more than $2 billion a year beginning in 2020, according to the White House.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article199752039.html

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Kansas senator says Trump pledged not to cut crop insurance. Trump's budget cuts it (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2018 OP

And everyone else sighed a collective Ilsa Feb 2018 #1

He should call Susan Collins. Historic NY Feb 2018 #2

Trump lie ? Who could have seen that coming. CentralMass Feb 2018 #3

It's in the scorpion's nature. C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #4

Oh, yes, the wonderful Pat Roberts.. Permanut Feb 2018 #5

Memo to trumpanzees: Donald only cares about the Donald. muntrv Feb 2018 #6

Excellent! Lulu KC Feb 2018 #7

Ilsa

(62,276 posts)

1. And everyone else sighed a collective

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 09:56 AM

Feb 2018

"Duh."
He's a liar. He will lie to get what he wants. Never had any intention of following through on promises.

Historic NY

(38,028 posts)

2. He should call Susan Collins.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:11 AM

Feb 2018

CentralMass

(15,594 posts)

3. Trump lie ? Who could have seen that coming.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:12 AM

Feb 2018

C_U_L8R

(45,762 posts)

4. It's in the scorpion's nature.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:15 AM

Feb 2018

Poor dumb Pepe.

Permanut

(6,713 posts)

5. Oh, yes, the wonderful Pat Roberts..

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:36 AM

Feb 2018

the same turd who made a joke about mammograms, while discussing what should be included in the Republican health care bill.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/pat-roberts-apology-mammogram/index.html

So, government subsidies are a good thing? What about the free market? As a right wing hack, you should be advocating for eliminating these subsidies altogether. Of course that won't happen, because the recipients of the subsidies vote for you.

muntrv

(14,505 posts)

6. Memo to trumpanzees: Donald only cares about the Donald.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:58 AM

Feb 2018

Lulu KC

(4,963 posts)

7. Excellent!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Feb 14, 2018, 07:15 AM

Feb 2018

This is the kind of thing that might turn a few people in rural Kansas and other red states. He's actually blaming Trump instead of saying that it was something the Democrats did.

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