Luckovich-Why is rump is kicking US farmers to get back at China?

[Gothmog]

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[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[durablend]

2. Because many of them are willing participants

(farmer bending over) "Another please! Need to stick it to teh libs!"

[Hekate]

3. KnR!

[Wounded Bear]

4. So he can drive them out of business and sell them off to BigAg...

[Wellstone ruled]

5. The Big operations will survive

this storm. Someone posted the break down of the last Vote Buying by Trump and it looking more and more like the feared Shake out is about to start. All those overseas Markets are gone and if there are any sales,it will be at give away pricing and we picking up the freight.

So,get ready for a ton of Farm Bankruptcies followed by Foreclosures. Hearing from the Auctioneer Cousins in Ohio that they are booked through next year. Not good.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Yeah, well it's standard whenever the farmers take it in the shorts...

More sellouts of small and family farms to ConAra & Friends. We'll all be drinking Brawndo before you know it.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. What folks need to know is,

Hedge Funds have been accumulating Tillable Acreage for the last ten years. Very familiar with what I discovered last Summer in South Western Minnesota while visiting with the local ASCS Office Person in our Rellies County. She pointed out how the Wall Street people have set up Corporate Operating Companies that purchase Tillable Farms and Hire Farm Managers to run operations and in several cases,the previous owner is the manager paid on a salary basis.

If you have been following IPO's coming to market,well,there was a spat of IPO's and Bond offerings that were these Farm Operations just going public in order to spread the risk to the unsuspecting public.

If you are not running three thousand acres or more,you are not a viable entity in the Ag Business .

Something that popped this AM was the glut of Ethanol sitting in Storage tanks in the Midwest. So,there goes the Corn Markets as soon as the present Contracts are filled.

[Blue_true]

10. The bribe plan that was just announced this week will pay by the acre.

Guess who gets the most money in that plan?

But it is hard to feel sorry for small and medium sized farmers, they largely are a big part of the reason why the Republican Party is still alive.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. How true,for the most part,

these Counties are run by very conservative Commissioners which set the stage for the Rethug power base. Familiar with a few counties as to the make up of their County Commissions,the largest Farm in that county also has a family member as a Commissionaire. And this is so prevalent through out the Farm States.

[Blue_true]

14. That used to be the case where I live, but now leadership is more diverse.

The old money families lost their grip here over time. Their power came from lumber, fresh vegetable and live animal wholesaling, citrus farming. All those are either dead or are a shadow of what they once were.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. The familiar are I speal of

is pretty much lily White Folks who have lived in that area since the late 1800's. Interesting thing is,these Folks are dependent on the new Immigrants to do most of their labor. Most of the younger folks have migrated to the big population centers and only go back to the rural areas for special occasions.

The rural communities that have a large Food Manufacturing operations are still run by the old landed Families and the new Immigrants are the focus of their spite.

[Gothmog]

7. 08/04 Mike Luckovich: Painful lesson

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[Blue_true]

9. Because farmers are falling over themselves to make excuses for him. nt

[Quemado]

11. Thank You Sir May I Have Another

[Danascot]

12. That is so right on! Brilliant!

nt