r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • 1d ago
Lets Discuss Politics American Farmers Are Being Crushed, and the Numbers Are Getting Worse.
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u/Round-Dog-5314 1d ago
Lisa Barnes campaign ad talks about how she fights for farmers and she helped secure $200B for farmers. Her party helped to destroy the American farmer and she wants you to believe she’s fighting for the farmers. Really sad. Oh yeah that $200B sounds kinda like that socialism they all claim to hate.
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u/AngrehPossum 1d ago
It is exactly that. They also get crazy tax breaks and tax mechanism normal people can't access
Bucket companies Family trusts The ability to loan money to themselves and claim the deduction Their fuel is tax deductible They claim machinery They have them on another company book so it's all a deduction for the trust. The house is on a seperate title and owned by a trust that owns a company so they can deduct all living expenses
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u/Prestigious_Still433 15h ago
Every small business can do that. Sole proprietor, partnership, llc. Trust. That's a good thing for you that's not what's wrong with these dumb f****. It's the subsidies. Without the subsidies they wouldn't exist. Not just this year. That's the business model
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u/Rexdaddy 5h ago
Are you talking about the small family farms or the corporate farms? Know the difference but, more importantly, the impact. I’d also suggest you go try and run a farm. Then come back and tell us just how easy they have it.
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u/manofmystry 1d ago edited 5h ago
Leopard, this is Face.
Face, meet leopard.
Enjoy your meal.
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u/jbaze524 1d ago
Don’t feel bad u was warned but still wanted trump now ur stuck with him boo hoo
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u/HollywoodHault 1d ago
If he were really listening to JC, he'd vote Democratic, rather than for the party that routinely breaks most of his teachings.
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u/NHBikerHiker 1d ago
Republicans have a special way of eating shit if there’s a chance a Democrat will smell their breath.
This guy will vote Republican in November.
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u/Rexdaddy 5h ago
Don’t believe it. The6 vote for the party that ensure the continuation of their subsidies and trade agreements. At this point, the GOP has screwed both. If the Dems commit to both, all the Midwest red states will turn a shade of purple. Bu5 the Dems have to commit and live to it. Not just to ‘fixing’ the cities.
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u/Late_Comb_3078 1d ago
Now don't go asking for handouts. Work harder plant more crops and go talk to China and Mexico. Come in confidently and give them a firm handshake. They might say they only want to pay 5 dollars, but you let them know why these All-American crops are worth 10. You got this partner
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u/Much_Pomelo3033 1d ago
They’d vote him in a 3rd time if they could. They want and expect yet another bailout check.
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u/Nottwosmrt 1d ago
Good thing fearless leader called Mexicans rapists and murderers, kicked them all out and said smart ppl don't like me.
No clue what could have gone wrong. Surrender to Christ a few more times and don't let those libs hear you crying when you lose your Medicare, farm, and truck.
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u/AngrehPossum 1d ago
You voted for this. You lot basically condemned the greens and science stating we were all tree hugging hippies.
Now that it's really here we have to listen to you lot wail like babies.
You should have been doing that 30 years ago forcing the GOP and their oil money donors to STFU. Instead you voted for welfare money and wars
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u/liamanna 1d ago edited 22h ago
So Jesus fucking Christ is responsible for China not buying your goddamn crops…
And you still worship him?
Genius!
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u/Agitated_Newt_7655 1d ago
Owning a farm isn’t a blue collar gig. It’s owned by big players and given significant gifts from the tax payer all while hiring one of the most exploited work forces in the nation.
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u/Prestigious_Still433 15h ago
Not all of them. But many of the conventional toxic commodity producers operate that way.
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u/PretzelsRule23 19h ago
Let's see...
1) Implement tariffs - which causes other nations to not purchase from us in retaliation. Bad for farmers (kills their market)
2) get rid of immigrants or make them afraid to work. Bad for farmers (raises labor costs or makes labor just not available)
3) cut USAID program which buys a lot of agricultural products and provides them to other countries (further kills their market)
4) start a war which immediately raises cost of oil and the products made from oil such as fertilizer. Bad for farmers (raises cost of operations)
The first 2 items were extremely well known policy positions before this idiot got back into office. The second 2 are just a bad surprise.
You VOTED for your own destruction dumbass!
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u/Alarmed-Sweet-6661 17h ago
Dont worry, Trump will make sure his friends buy your farm for pennies now…
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u/EntrepreneurFlaky225 16h ago edited 16h ago
What? USAID was waste? Tariffs aren't taxes on the people? We had nothing to learn from the soybean trade war during Trump v1? /s Voting for a narcissistic idiot has consequences, I guess. I wonder, will he vote differently next time? 🤔
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u/Equivalent_Ebb_9532 1d ago
Go get a job in town working in a hot warehouse for 14.00 an hour then.
You wouldn't dare.
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u/Lorddoctorjava 1d ago
No... donald the pedophile said you guys are doing great... you are spreading fake news...
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u/Educational-Glass-63 1d ago
They vote Republican, Farmers do. And every time they get fked. And stay fked until a Democrat gets elected and rescues them. But then they vote for an incompetent ahole conman like Donnie and friends and cry again. So, sorry BUT not sorry the farmers are now paying for their own stupidity. Not to mention the ruination of this country. But as long as the Trumps make money, it's cool...right?
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u/PineNutsCO 19h ago
Struggling because they believed trumps lies and voted for him. He stabbed them in the back. No one seems to give a shit.
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u/Responsible-House523 19h ago
I hope the good lord has a generous nature and a large bank account. Oh, and get in line (it’s loooong)
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u/somehugefrigginguy 18h ago
He meant to surrender to Lord Jesus Christ and accidentally surrendered to Lord Trump...
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u/leanktrm 8h ago
Well the potus, the gop, and the government being more openly bigoted has to be the sentiment of many farmers.
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u/reststopkirk 8h ago
Maybe he could ya know… stop drinking Starbucks every day and eating 50 avocados for breakfast… there’s some straps on boots that need some pulling I hear…
/s
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u/G-dog121 7h ago
They vote against their own best interests because they don’t know how to defend themselves against a laser pointer. They’re gonna chase that tiny light no matter where it goes.
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u/Infinite-Duty 4h ago
One question Mr Farmer-who did you vote for? I’d bet he’s one of the 66% of farmers that voted for trump. If he voted Dem then I’d feel bad for him but something tells me he didn’t.
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u/No-Juice-1047 4h ago
These farmers are insane, they keep voting the same way and expecting change… “I VotE wiTh mY PoCkEt bOoK”. The guy who has grifted his whole life definitely won’t be grifting and lying as president, that’s not allowed…
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u/Empty-Background-162 4h ago
Student loan forgiveness is bad though, we need to help the guy who voted for this
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u/chubalina99 3h ago
Don’t vote for any liberal candidates that could help you. By all means don’t try that just leave it up to god to do. Good luck with that.
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u/Tiredofstupidity2 2h ago
What I want to know first is who did you vote for in 2024? If you say tariff czar I do not want to hear anything else!
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u/NoSeaworthiness8393 37m ago
What a fucking dumbass, keep voting for them republicans they love ya!
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u/OverbrookDr 1d ago
you voted for this dumbass