Downtown Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 In general, most Americans don't realize exactly how much the Federal Government provides until its gone. This was a huge topic in Michael Lewis' book, The Fifth Risk. Farmers have been absolutely shat upon during Trump's tenure. This shutdown may finally make them realize that Trump just doesn't care about them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/farmers-trump-administration.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR0cdvCpzBVPVWo8-abLtgIJ4Su6H2ZdekGp32aG9YbL01q8-ukTKGDTW9g Some choice excerpts: While many rural conservatives may loathe the idea of Big Government, farmers and the federal government are welded together by dozens of programs and billions of dollars in spending. Now, farmers and farm groups say that federal crop payments have stopped flowing. Farmers cannot get federally backed operating loans to buy seed for their spring planting, or feed for their livestock. They cannot look up new government data about beef prices or soybean yields to make decisions about planting and selling their goods in an ever-changing global market. God bless the idiots: “I may lose the farm, but I strongly feel we need some border security,” Mr. Nunnery said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Hopefully mr Nunnery loses it all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump2020 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Downtown said: God bless the idiots: "I may be killing my own child, but at least now I wont be inconvenienced with having to grow up" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus74 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 The farmers don't read the NY Times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot1 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Opus74 said: The farmers don't read. FIFY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 9 hours ago, ChesterCopperpot1 said: FIFY. Trump doesn't read. FIFY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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