This federal aid program only offers “socially disadvantaged” farm owners who are victims of “historic discrimination” hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Joe Biden’s plan to revive the U.S. economy, following the Covid-19 pandemic, was passed by the House of Representatives on February 27. A plan estimated at 1.900 billion dollars, which is acclaimed by a large majority of Americans, according to the American media, but which remains “An affront to the American ideal which promises equal treatment”, temper it New York Post. One measure in particular is pointed out by Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of the State of New York: the aid granted to certain farmers in difficulty because of the crisis. Thus, according to her, article 1.005 offers agricultural owners “Socially disadvantaged” a total debt forgiveness of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. And this without conditions.
Problem, white farmers are not entitled to it. Why ? Because this definition of “Socially disadvantaged” is confined to racial individuals / groups victims of “Historical discrimination”. A measure supposed to compensate “Years of discrimination”, puts forward his side, Senator Raphael Warnock, rapporteur for the measure.
Same story for restaurants
This special aid was modeled on the restaurant sector, according to our American colleagues. And again, these are the people “Socially and economically disadvantaged in society” who is entitled to it. And only them. With one exception: women and veterans will also be eligible. A heresy for Betsy McCaughey who recalls that the XIVth Amendment to the Constitution normally guarantees the equality of all before the law before the law.
Because in addition to the farmers who have suffered (and still suffer) from this crisis, it is a whole chain that is affected, including dairy producers, “White men”, she stresses, who are not rich for all that and who will therefore not be able to claim aid. Betsy McCaughey calls for more emphasis on survival “Economic rather than so-called racial or gender equity”. When he came to power, Joe Biden said he would prioritize businesses “Belonging to Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans and to women”. She ends: “Racism will not heal past racism. “
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