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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Ag Secretary to Struggling Farmers: Get a Job!
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/11/trump-ag-secretary-to-struggling-farmers-get-a-job/Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue maintains a, well, sunny view of the current farm economy. I dont think there could have been a better time to be in agriculture than today, I really mean that, he recently mused on his podcast, The Sonnyside of the Street. In the latest episode, Do Right and Feed Everyone, Perdue chatted with veteran farm broadcaster Max Armstrong. Im bullish on agriculturewith the diversity, with the opportunity of e-commerce and direct sales, Perdue gushed to Armstrong. People are still fascinated with the way food is produced!
Armstrong mostly played along with Perdues schtick, but at the end of the interview, he started to push back on Perdues rosy lens: What do you say to that younger operator who entered this industry maybe five, six, seven years ago, and doggone it, things have gotten a lot tougher? Armstrong asked, adding: This is long, dark tunnel for them.
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What we see happening is what farmers have done over the yearsmany of them have to have off-farm jobs in order to survive during this period of time, Perdue responded. In other words: get a job. In early October, Perdue delivered a similar lecture to struggling dairy farmers at an industry expo: In America, the big get bigger and the small go out I dont think in America we, for any small business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability.
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Trump Ag Secretary to Struggling Farmers: Get a Job! (Original Post)
deminks
Nov 2019
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If they vote for Trump in farm country this time around we should send in teams of psychiatrists.
Vinca
Nov 2019
#1
GOPer plan in action: provide lots of buying opportunities for big business
Hermit-The-Prog
Nov 2019
#4
Vinca
(50,168 posts)1. If they vote for Trump in farm country this time around we should send in teams of psychiatrists.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)3. The coal miners who were promised jobs need that team too...
Trump made promises to them too.
deminks
(11,006 posts)5. and a team of cult deprogrammers.
tanyev
(42,356 posts)2. And agricultural communities are such easy places to find a (non-farm) side job.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)4. GOPer plan in action: provide lots of buying opportunities for big business
GOPers like family farms -- to go bankrupt so corporate donors can buy them up.
See, e.g., Rotten Ronnie.