https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/politics/farm-aid-package.html Trump Gives Farmers $16 Billion in Aid Amid Prolonged China Trade War The new program will make $14.5 billion in direct payments to producers, channeled through the Commodity Credit Corporation, a program that helps shore up American farmers by buying their crops. The payments will be made to agricultural producers for a wide range of products, from soybeans and cotton to chickpeas and cherries, in up to three tranches, beginning in late July or early August. The government will also put in place a $1.4 billion program to purchase surplus commodities affected by the trade war and distribute them to food banks, schools and other programs for the poor, as well as put another $100 million toward developing new export markets for American farmers. Meanwhile, brown tax payers https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-should-pay-back-welfare-benefits/1211711001/ Trump demands legal immigrants reimburse the government for welfare programs
Certainly is buying votes. But it is no different than any number of democratic candidates promising free this, or free that with someone else paying for it.