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Stephen Miller files lawsuit on behalf of Sid Miller...


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...the put upon, ‘buked and scorned Texas Ag Commissioner:

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is suing the federal government claiming that the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief plan passed last monthdiscriminates against white farmers and ranchers.

Miller, a conservative Republican and rancher, states in the lawsuit filed Monday in Fort Worth federal court that he is suing in his capacity as a private citizen — not on behalf of the state. 

Among several other major provisions, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 offers relief to “socially disadvantaged” farmers and ranchers, which the plan defines as people of color. Miller’s complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the definition in the program fails to include “white ethnic groups that have unquestionably suffered” because of their ethnicity, such as those of Irish, Italian, German, Jewish and eastern European heritage. 

Attorneys are seeking class-action status for the suit on behalf of white farmers and ranchers. 

The lawsuit is sponsored by America First Legal — a group founded by Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s former senior adviser, along with other Trump officials to be a conservative response to the ACLU.

America First Legal opposes discrimination in all forms," AFL President Stephen Miller said in a statement.

Black farmers in America make up about a quarter of disadvantaged farmers targeted in the relief bill and have lost more than 12 million acres of farmland over the past century, according to the Washington Post. Agricultural experts and advocates for Black farmers say this stems from systemic racism, biased government policy and social and business practices that have denied African Americans equitable access to markets.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/27/sid-miller-farmers-lawsuit/

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90% of farmland in the US is owned by whites. So of course Stephen Miller wants to file this lawsuit because in his mind, it's *ten percent too much.

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He's going for 100 percent. He's channeling his Daily Stormer and going all in for 2022.
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Nothing like folks that have gotten a shit load of free money being mad that other folks who have historically been denied access to the same amounts of free money are getting a slightly different amount of free money this time when they themselves are still getting plenty of free money 

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Stephen believes black farmers should stop being lazy:

Black farmers struggle to compete with their white counterparts when they don’t have equal access to federal relief, but there are a confluence of factors that prevent them from gaining equal footing in agriculture. Having fewer industry connections, less access to credit, and smaller farms makes it difficult for African-American farm owners to improve machinery, modernize, or expand, all of which would generate more revenue. Smaller revenues make it harder to qualify for the financial assistance that could give their farms a competitive edge. What’s more, racial discrimination in agriculture has long locked African-American farmers out of the support they sorely need, contributing to the demise of Black-owned farms across the country.

https://www.eater.com/22291510/black-farmers-fighting-for-farmland-discrimination-in-agriculture

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