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Warpy

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20. A lot of that bullshit was backed by Agribusiness

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 05:20 PM

Dec 2016

as a way to get small farmers to sell out. However, to most people in rural areas, the bullshit regulations just come from "Washington" and Washington has been run by nanny state liberals for far too long and there is no way you can get any of them to understand that "nanny state liberals" went out of power in 1969 and the maze of expensive regulatory bullshit now belongs to Republicans and their favorite corporations. They just won't see it that way. They just won't own it, not while corporate radio is giving them the message that liberals are the reason they have to pay for inspections that haven't been necessary since the 1920s.

They have a lot of company among small business owners in towns and suburbs.

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Rural vs. Urban? They're different, for sure. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2016 OP

Just awful. Sadly many farmers are in the same situation yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #1

Your parents are still working at 92 yrs old? leftstreet Dec 2016 #2

Well, they hire some of the work to be done now, MineralMan Dec 2016 #4

My Grandpa worked up until he was 87. 47of74 Dec 2016 #24

Farmers in the midwest are not doing well, either, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #3

they see govt programs as giving free things to blacks and mexicans JI7 Dec 2016 #7

Yes, there is that paradox, too. MineralMan Dec 2016 #8

republicans have a great propaganda scam, that any and every bad regulation is the democrats' fault unblock Dec 2016 #5

But, see...I'm not blaming Democrats at all. MineralMan Dec 2016 #10

not blaming you at all, i'm thinking of the reasoning of others as well. unblock Dec 2016 #13

Early in the Clinton administration... Blanks Dec 2016 #16

agreed NJCher Dec 2016 #26

So for every occasional seeming over reach we scrap all safe guards? libtodeath Dec 2016 #6

No. We do tend to over-apply solutions to things beyond MineralMan Dec 2016 #9

Republicans have imposed uneeded regulations as a punitive measure - notably on abortion clinics bettyellen Dec 2016 #12

Do you know the history of that feces inspection rule? Jim__ Dec 2016 #11

It's perceptions that make the difference, not the actual history. MineralMan Dec 2016 #17

"It's not really a matter of facts. It's a matter of perceptions." Beartracks Dec 2016 #27

Yep. Here's an example from talk radio a few years ago... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #28

Thanks for your post. cwydro Dec 2016 #14

Unfortunately, most regulations will automatically get attached to Democrats because... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #15

Overall demand for avocados is skyrocketing. KamaAina Dec 2016 #18

Organic? Probably not. MineralMan Dec 2016 #19

A lot of that bullshit was backed by Agribusiness Warpy Dec 2016 #20

My parent's small farm, in the same county, got choked out by million dollar mini-ranches... hunter Dec 2016 #21

Yes, and after my parents are gone, their place MineralMan Dec 2016 #23

It still upsets me that trees I planted to live decades were pulled up and burned as weeds. hunter Dec 2016 #31

Should be difft regs for small guys hollowdweller Dec 2016 #22

What state? MineralMan Dec 2016 #25

Those fecal inspections aren't entirely nonsensical TheDormouse Dec 2016 #29

It's tough to stay competitive at that age TheDormouse Dec 2016 #30

I think rural voters are just more receptive to "cultural" messages TheDormouse Dec 2016 #32