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Among its many misguided earmarks, the Democrat “COVID relief” bill signed by Biden on Thursday allocates billions of dollars in debt relief and other assistance to farmers of color. Now that the “Pelosi Payoff” is a done deal, Kelly Griggs, who runs her 1,800-acre farm with her husband in Humboldt, Tennessee, has a few questions about the provision.
“Just because you’re a certain color you don’t have to pay back money? I don’t care if you’re purple, black, yellow, white, gray, if you borrow money you have to pay it back.”
Yeah no, Kelly. Even worse, Griggs suggested, America’s white farmers find themselves in a “like it or lump” predicament, which “really sucks.”
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The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that President Biden is set to sign includes billions of dollars in debt relief and other assistance for farmers of color.
But the incorporation of race-based criteria for that relief is leaving other farmers scratching their heads. Just because you’re a certain color you don’t have to pay back money? I don’t care if you’re purple, black, yellow, white, gray, if you borrow money you have to pay it back, Kelly Griggs, who runs her 1,800-acre farm with her husband in Humboldt, Tennessee, told Fox News in an interview.