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U.S. Farm Bankruptcies Surge 24% on Strain From Trump Trade War
- Thread starter Kirblar
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If only it was completely obvious what was going to happen. Oh wait, it was, so long as you weren't a racist piece of crap.
We can only hope, and it should hurt down ticket Republicans, but these are states that may still end up going to Trump.
You missed the rest of the post, though.
Please yall. Don't forget there are millions and millions of people out here in 'flyover' country who are hurting and voted AGAINST this bigoted asshole. Don't forget that there are millions of people in the deep red South and the Midwest that try to vote against these things but are still under the thumb of state governments who rip Obamacare away, close abortion clinics, have to claim bankruptcy on their family farms, and pass laws against LGBTQ, and don't have ANY recourse because they don't live in a state that has progressive protections.
I just hate to see that attitude "fuck everybody in these states". It's ignorant to think there aren't dem-voting farmers and big numbers!
What percentage of farmers voted Trump. Guess like in the UK the average farm owner votes Conservative. Them brexit happens and their huge income from EU subsidies go bye bye. Fucking idiots.
this is probably by design. those corporation can survive this and gobble up all the small farms and get even bigger in the process.
They're going to end up getting $40-$45BN in socialism bailouts, which hypocrites will accept, including Grassley who pushed for the bailouts then applied to pocket from them. Meanwhile the final cost of the autos bailout was only about $11BN.
I'm with you 100% on this and hope things work out for you and the other good ones in Iowa. Iowa is not some red bastion of hate filled Trumpers, it's barely Republican, and maybe it can swing blue this time around.
I hope people here can stop painting with such a broad brush.
I don't know. I guess I don't get the chance to overlook those people for making a mistake* if I want to have any hope of seeing that guy not win my state this time.
*It was a massive mistake at best and blatantly racist at worst, depending on the voter.
I eagerly await the New York Times article interviewing (former) farmers who will still vote for Trump.
The thing is, I do feel bad for them. I know they belong to the party of "personal responsibility", but I don't. I recognize that they have been molded by right-wing propaganda, simmered in it for decades. As their own communities and states became more and more red, they had less and less chance to reverse course. How many of them are poorly educated, because their states want them to be? How often have they been told their situation is the Democrats' fault, without rebuttal? This is on them, but it's not entirely on them. They are more buying into the bullshit, than they are the source of it. More the users than the dealers.
It's easy to just say "fuck 'em". Actually, it's hard not to just say "fuck 'em". Hell, if they vote GOP again (not just Trump), then what else can we do but say "fuck 'em"? The only thing we can do for them is save them along with ourselves, while they curse us for it.
But I still feel bad for them.
The thing is, I do feel bad for them. I know they belong to the party of "personal responsibility", but I don't. I recognize that they have been molded by right-wing propaganda, simmered in it for decades. As their own communities and states became more and more red, they had less and less chance to reverse course. How many of them are poorly educated, because their states want them to be? How often have they been told their situation is the Democrats' fault, without rebuttal? This is on them, but it's not entirely on them. They are more buying into the bullshit, than they are the source of it. More the users than the dealers.
It's easy to just say "fuck 'em". Actually, it's hard not to just say "fuck 'em". Hell, if they vote GOP again (not just Trump), then what else can we do but say "fuck 'em"? The only thing we can do for them is save them along with ourselves, while they curse us for it.
But I still feel bad for them.