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Warpy

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3. Soon we'll be living in Dickensian England

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:15 PM

Dec 2016

where the only people who ever saw fruit and vegetables on the table were either rich or able to grow them in the yard. The diet of the urban poor was especially wretched.

This isn't about fair wages or safe conditions in the fields.

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You could soon pay more money for worse food. Thanks, Donald Trump. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP

I don't mind at all metroins Dec 2016 #1

Same here. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #2

Except that's not the option Trump and the Republicans are offering Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #4

Absolutely agree about documenting workers, but that's not Hortensis Dec 2016 #6

If minimum wages and other wages increase also, then I can Ilsa Dec 2016 #8

Soon we'll be living in Dickensian England Warpy Dec 2016 #3

Unless they are talking about a half gallon VMA131Marine Dec 2016 #5

The death knell of American farming. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #7

I am so glad Runningdawg Dec 2016 #10

What happens. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #11

My family were potato farmers until the 2nd world war Runningdawg Dec 2016 #14

Can food really increase anymore? Prices are ridiculous already. yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #9

You always seem to jump in and defend Trump. Am I wrong? Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #13

I spent 20 years in the food industry... vi5 Dec 2016 #12