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DirtEdonE

(1,220 posts)
68. Farmers should have taken that into consideration
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 12:35 AM
Feb 2019

When the majority of them went to the polls and voted for trump.

Maybe they can get a job at the huge ag corp - you know, those jobs Americans don't want yet don't want to see those brown people from south of the border doing.

Good DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #1
Like many others in the middle class, TxVietVet Feb 2019 #3
Yep! DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #5
? You want us to lose all that? How do you know mahina Feb 2019 #40
Thank you, mahina! pazzyanne Feb 2019 #48
Right? It makes no sense that food keeps getting more costly and farmers get less and less. mahina Feb 2019 #72
People in this country don't understand how tough Maxheader Feb 2019 #50
Also don't want all your food to come from 2naSalit Feb 2019 #58
The rain falls on the good and the evil DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #65
Agreed! darbus Feb 2019 #52
+1 DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #66
Great and he will sell the farm to a huge ag corp... 2naSalit Feb 2019 #57
Farmers should have taken that into consideration DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #68
And yet, most farmers continue to support Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #2
Absolutely unbelievable isn't it? Ligyron Feb 2019 #7
Do follow Ag Week as well as a couple other Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #24
Was that the idea all along? lark Feb 2019 #73
It's all Obama's fault Lucky Luciano Feb 2019 #41
The soybean farmers & maybe others got federal assistance in 2018. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #43
But they got only a small fraction of the assistance they were promised. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #44
Maybe because it was the prior trade deals that caused the pricing issues to begin with? Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #45
I think you all should read the comments. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #49
Of course they're negative NOW. Their oxen are being gored at the moment. Trump was Nay Feb 2019 #62
Any politician willing to legislate hatred and death for LGBTQ, POC and women they will vote for Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #51
"But hey, ya know what? I still support the tainted tangerine I proudly voted for sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #4
"Cuz he pisses off th'libtards!" Aristus Feb 2019 #6
Their irrational 'rationale'. sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #8
Drives libruls crazy keithbvadu2 Feb 2019 #9
Mother does not have a fabric cover with ruffles on her good book? 🤔 sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #22
Those are saved for their Trump U course materials. keithbvadu2 Feb 2019 #31
😄 sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #33
Pride goeth before Cha Feb 2019 #15
That's it. All puffed up, then poof! sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #20
Aloha, sprinkleen! Cha Feb 2019 #21
There's another bragging point for tRump over Obama PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #10
Quit whining and pull yourself up by your bootstraps drumpf voters Takket Feb 2019 #11
One thing Bankruptcy doesn't get you out of: paying taxes... berni_mccoy Feb 2019 #12
Tax Act and Job Cuts? czarjak Feb 2019 #70
Farmers aren't all of one mind and some are caught up in this nonsense Joe Nation Feb 2019 #13
Well said! Achilleaze Feb 2019 #18
Nailed it! nt SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #27
Have always had deep respect for those in farming. sprinkleeninow Feb 2019 #35
Thank you for your wise words question everything Feb 2019 #59
Mr Duensing must have one big ass farm TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #14
You can't profitably grow grain on a small farm. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #55
Trump " ... you're gonna get sick of winning." Botany Feb 2019 #16
KGOP republicans are systematically undermining American security Achilleaze Feb 2019 #17
Trade disputes over agriculture add pain to low commodity prices that have been grinding down Americ riversedge Feb 2019 #19
Don't farmers get subsidies too? BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #23
I think that it goes back to the New Deal question everything Feb 2019 #60
I some reporter going to ask Trump if he is aware of the bankruptcies Submariner Feb 2019 #25
While my inherited money governor praises tiny hands hibbing Feb 2019 #26
I smell a slow takeover by big ag. OxQQme Feb 2019 #28
Those farmer are really stickin it to teh libs now--heh heh durablend Feb 2019 #29
Wanna bet on which friend of Trump is gonna make a killing randr Feb 2019 #30
WTF? There are plenty of liberal/Dem farmers IronLionZion Feb 2019 #32
Probably but not in Kansas so much. Many Counties in western Ks went 90%+ for Trump Bengus81 Feb 2019 #34
While I agree largely with some of your responses to this article MontanaFarmer Feb 2019 #36
Thank you for your input. We need more farmers who speak from personal expericne question everything Feb 2019 #61
Thank you. Big business/small farms observation. MarcA Feb 2019 #69
Tired of winning? Evolve Dammit Feb 2019 #37
That's a real shame, but... world wide wally Feb 2019 #38
More good news for Corporate Farming. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #39
And they'll line right up to vote for the orange anus again. Vinca Feb 2019 #42
Generations of noneof_theabove Feb 2019 #46
What, the $12B welfare check wasn't enough? ffr Feb 2019 #47
Who woulda thunk this here might coulda happen? Apollyonus Feb 2019 #53
so much winning... sfwriter Feb 2019 #54
The thing is, it's been ten zentrum Feb 2019 #56
Did all of these LogicFirst Feb 2019 #63
They got what they voted for. Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #64
HA! HA! HA! rpannier Feb 2019 #67
When You Drive Thru The Country Around Omaha DallasNE Feb 2019 #71
After a review by forum hosts...locking. Omaha Steve Feb 2019 #74
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