Millionaire Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to Apply for Trump's Farmer Bailout Money

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-10-02T11:07:17.247Z

Millionaire Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to Apply for Trump's Farmer...

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley will actually apply for some of these bailout funds for his own 750 acre Iowa farm.Grassley, who is worth an estimated $3.336 million, owns farmland valued at an estimated $1.2 million. He stands to see a large chunk...

"Now, the Huffington Post reports that Republican Senator Chuck Grassley will actually apply for some of these bailout funds for his own 750 acre Iowa farm.

Grassley, who is worth an estimated $3.336 million, owns farmland valued at an estimated $1.2 million. He stands to see a large chunk of money coming from the exact farmer relief package that he supported as a U.S. Senator."

I wish this news would get out to the point where Grassley received enough blow back and he didn’t actually take our money to run his farm because of Donald Trump’s trade wars.

tnt · 2018-10-02T11:10:52.705Z

This is he republican way.

dubarry20833 · 2018-10-02T11:17:22.141Z

Living off the gov’t dime.

Jamerican · 2018-10-02T11:25:05.414Z

So receiving handouts is now the cool thing to do now?

wonderingrover · 2018-10-02T11:35:26.974Z

Glad to see Trump is taking care of the common everyday millionaire with his government handouts.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-10-02T12:01:12.086Z

Interviewer: “Congratulations on winning the $140 million dollar Powerball lottery.” Farmer: “Thank you.” Interviewer: “Do you have any special plans for spending all of that money?” Farmer: “Nope. Not really. I’m just gonna keep farming until the lottery money is all gone.”

dubarry20833 · 2018-10-02T12:29:51.153Z

Technically it’s not illegal.

The_Original_Birther · 2018-10-02T12:34:17.129Z

dubarry20833:

Technically it’s not illegal.

Hypocritical and immoral but not illegal…
Does this make him a welfare queen now???

Candyman · 2018-10-02T12:54:56.646Z

And when the lottery money is gone he can see if the government will help him. See? Works just fine.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-10-02T12:55:33.941Z

Sounds like a plan.

Candyman · 2018-10-02T12:59:09.276Z

Yup. So Grassley should just nut up and use his 3 mil to support his farm.

AlexMcAlpine · 2018-10-02T14:12:31.213Z

Candyman:

Yup. So Grassley should just nut up and use his 3 mil to support his farm.

I haven’t been keeping track, but isn’t the farm sector the only sector that is receiving these bailouts? And there’s another millionaire Republican politician involved in getting bailouts too.

The article I read said that these two Repubicans influence Trump’s policy, which is why they are getting bailouts when no one else harmed by Trump’s trade wars is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/28/sen-charles-grassley-apply-bailout-money-farmers-under-white-house-program/?utm_term=.849c7005a15f

Candyman · 2018-10-02T14:29:05.179Z

AlexMcAlpine:

Candyman:

Yup. So Grassley should just nut up and use his 3 mil to support his farm.

I haven’t been keeping track, but isn’t the farm sector the only sector that is receiving these bailouts? And there’s another millionaire Republican politician involved in getting bailouts too.

The article I read said that these two Repubicans influence Trump’s policy, which is why they are getting bailouts when no one else harmed by Trump’s trade wars is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/28/sen-charles-grassley-apply-bailout-money-farmers-under-white-house-program/?utm_term=.849c7005a15f

Pretty convenient, isn’t it? I think these obvious types of conflicts of interest should be pointed out any time they arise. Personally I find the ability to influence legislation that lines one’s pocket to be grossly unethical.

moonshine · 2018-10-02T16:35:12.320Z

Grassley is a socialist