Second quarter MMP has $209.5 million of what they call distributable cash flow (DCF), which is 91% of their $229.56 planned distribution for the quarter.
They're probably best off paying the full amount rather than cutting the dividend, whether by 9% or any other number, as they've no large capital projects planned and farms must have the ammonia.
For a sense of normal times, Second Quarter DCF for 2019 was $314.8 million, 37% more than their distribution.
We've run out of other people's Social Security taxes needed to subsidize our low income tax rates.