well, you know, historically when subsidy payments go out to farmers around the country, black farmers seem to be able left out of the equation or the payments or a fraction of what they should be. even the proposed payments that the president is talking about today, they are leaving out that millions of dollars would go to foreign countries such as brazil and large scale companies like smithfield foods where we see these type of subsidies. this administration has failed small scale farmers, has failed black farmers like myself. i ve been reaching out to this administration to talk about the effects of tariffs to my farming operation and it has a rippling effect, it s going to hurt the timber industry, truckers, all of these people will be affected. so anytime you lose a timber farm and you can t get a fair price for your crop, the president says this is going to be a great time to be a farmer.
john boyd junior is a virginia farmer and president of the national black farmer s association and a critic of the president s trade policies. policies that caused china to retaliate with stiff penalties on goods like soybeans, hurting american farmers. this week boyd found himself the victim of a shocking incident. he found the n-word plastered on the trash bin at the entrance of his farm. he joins me now. thank you, mr. boyd. thank you for having me. thank you for coming on. why do you think you were targeted? well, basically i think it s more of a retaliation from the trump administration, and it s retaliation from my strong positions against the tariffs, and the tariffs have really hurt the farmers like myself, and other small scale farmers and african american farmers who haven t received their subsidy payments from the government and the president has made a whole lot of promises but very few of those things have reached
private sector jobs lost. and another number by standard and poors suggests to the economy, to the gdp, people who can t get on with their business because they can t interact with the government or don t get paid by the on time, is in the order of $6.5 billion lost hours. peel like to make fun of government workers, but in fact they do work. and when they re not working, and then they re going to probably get made for not working. as this goes on, there s no doubt there s a material effect on the economy, on individuals, on farmers who can t get subsidy payments they re do, can t get their business done with the government and so forth. so robert costa, you re reporting that donald trump and all of the president s men and women are trying to figure out a
the house, led by nancy pelosi, debuts in a crisis republicans managed to create all by themselves. i wish i could predict that democratic control of the house will automatically make everything better. i can t, but for the first time trump will confront an opposition that has real power. all the frenzied tweeting in the world can t take back his self-proclaimed ownership of the trump shut down as pelosi calls it and as he called it. how much garbage needs to pile up before mcconnell seeks a way out of the impasse, how many government paychecks and subsidy payments have to be missed. trump will learn that government by tantrum doesn t always work. and more to the point, that he s not the only one in washington with real power. this is going to be an interesting show down for donald trump. well, it s going to be an interesting show down, and it is something that donald trump, for
dreamer program. flake s vote on taxes has been linked to dreamer discussions and dreamers are just one element lawmakers are grappling with as they try to keep the lights on in washington. a government funding bill is due friday. all sides agree on one thing, they don t want a shutdown, but avoiding one is an entirely different story. the main battle is over obama subsidy payments. but democrats in the senate tell us they are unlikely to vote for a stop gap measure that does not have enough aid for puerto rico and they don t want to vote for obamacare subsidies who repealed the mandate in their tax bill. president trump s eldest son suggesting a high level conspiracy is at work trying to block his father s agenda. don jr. lashed out at special counsel robert mueller s probe