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patphil

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5. I doubt that the farmers will risk what little they have to plant huge crops next year.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:26 PM

Oct 16

Between the tariff war, and the loss of immigrant workers, they will need to see a shift in the administration that favors farmers instead of fucking them over.
Compensation is a pale replacement for the satisfaction of selling the fruits of all their hard work.
No one likes to see their hard work get plowed under.
Money will allow survival, but it won't substitute for the feeling of accomplishment that the harvest of their investment of money, and hard work gives them.

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'Under the gun': Trump official admits time is running out to save farmers [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 16 OP

You mean Trump can't wave his magic spending pen and send all the tariff money to the farmers? Prairie Gates Oct 16 #1

Well, now, maybe he thinks he better bail out his Argentinian (Is that the word?) friend first. raccoon Oct 16 #2

Don't fear, Chump will absolutely do something Hassler Oct 16 #3

Good. BigDemVoter Oct 16 #4

I doubt that the farmers will risk what little they have to plant huge crops next year. patphil Oct 16 #5

Kick BlueWavePsych Oct 16 #6

They really thought that they were going to get money? Firestorm49 Oct 16 #7

Fuck them yankee87 Oct 16 #8

Trump fucked them and sent 20,000,000,000 dollars to their competition to protect his rich friends. Blues Heron Oct 17 #9

You would think this alone would wake these farmers up. He sent 20 billion, travelingthrulife Oct 17 #11

They are getting woke the hard way. Nothing worse than realizing you got conned Blues Heron Oct 17 #12

Fuck'em! Ray Bruns Oct 17 #10

I guess the military is more important to trump slightlv Oct 17 #13

He thinks they are "suckers and losers" BumRushDaShow Oct 17 #14

I'm in Kansas, lots of farmers... slightlv Oct 17 #15

I did see Moran mentioned in an article about Ukraine BumRushDaShow Oct 17 #16