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BadgerMom

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30. Money motivates MAGAs more than most.

Mon Oct 13, 2025, 11:22 AM

Oct 2025

I think if non-MAGAs paid, they’d sell. I could be wrong, but I think the power of their greed is greater than the power of their opinions.

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"Nobody to pick them"... Florida farmers plow their tomatoes under. [View all] allegorical oracle Oct 2025 OP

Farmers getting what they voted for Johonny Oct 2025 #1

Not true Cirsium Oct 2025 #36

Nothing you said negates the statement. Shoeless Louis Oct 2025 #52

Of course it does Cirsium Oct 2025 #57

False, farmers and voted for the stupid and got it uponit7771 Oct 2025 #84

I'll tell you what is stupid Cirsium Oct 2025 #85

False, "The Republicans take care of the owners". ... MAGA takes care of big farm corps uponit7771 Oct 2025 #86

Of course! Cirsium Oct 2025 #88

You are agreeing with the comment you said was not true/. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #65

OK Cirsium Oct 2025 #73

Sooo, true ...they voted for the stupid uponit7771 Oct 2025 #83

We really do need better Public Education. Kid Berwyn Oct 2025 #2

Exactly. Get out there, Farmer Bill, and pick your own goddamned produce! Aristus Oct 2025 #3

How many of the "farms" are owned by corporations today, slightlv Oct 2025 #67

Mostly still family farms Cirsium Oct 2025 #72

Yippers, F*ck trump! slightlv Oct 2025 #74

I give Cirsium Oct 2025 #77

Owners Cirsium Oct 2025 #38

some do North Coast Lawyer Oct 2025 #51

There is a lot more to it than that Cirsium Oct 2025 #59

You don't hear the Amish crybagging about not being able to bring the crops in. They help each other. Hotler Oct 2025 #4

If they Rebl2 Oct 2025 #9

Money motivates MAGAs more than most. BadgerMom Oct 2025 #30

The Russians used to do it. Harvest season was a national priority. ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #15

You're right they would use the army. Duncanpup Oct 2025 #28

It's more fun to troll "owning the libs" on social media all day long. Justice matters. Oct 2025 #66

If King Don gives them a bailout will they continue to vote Republican? Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #5

They won't stop because "it's all Obama's fault". Or some such nonsense. Wonder Why Oct 2025 #7

Maybe they can use that in bankruptcy court? Doubt it will fly. paleotn Oct 2025 #14

Even without a bailout they will vote Republican RainCaster Oct 2025 #8

If they keep going bankrupt and committing suicide... littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #19

Thanks for that Cirsium Oct 2025 #42

Slanderous Cirsium Oct 2025 #39

I disagree RainCaster Oct 2025 #75

Bash away then Cirsium Oct 2025 #78

You missed the point of his/her post. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2025 #76

Right Cirsium Oct 2025 #79

A bailout? Ag isn't a one growing season gig. paleotn Oct 2025 #13

Always true Cirsium Oct 2025 #48

Of course they will continue to vote Republican popsdenver Oct 2025 #64

Sickening the destruction Trump is wreaking across this land. True evil afoot Blues Heron Oct 2025 #6

Get ready to feel it on the grocery shelves. paleotn Oct 2025 #10

It's all the migrant's fault. It was their plan all along. Buddyzbuddy Oct 2025 #11

ICE can pick tomatoes, they'd be doing something useful. CaptainTruth Oct 2025 #12

Or DeSantis can send the Florida National Guard to do it. GoodRaisin Oct 2025 #63

Big duh there Floridian farmers. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #16

When people pay $2 for a tomato they can't blame President Biden ! kimbutgar Oct 2025 #17

A tiny, bug eaten, bland tasting one. If you're able to find one that's littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #21

Surely Trump will send in the National Guard to pick 'em! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #18

I predict a stock market crash. Emile Oct 2025 #20

You're not wrong, emile. A crash is definitely in the cards. The question is when. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #22

There is a real irony in that it even costs money to destroy your unpicked crop. flashman13 Oct 2025 #23

So why don't they them into u-pick farms? mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #24

A group of Hispanics in my area got together and purchased an old farm. The allegorical oracle Oct 2025 #33

dang 3auld6phart Oct 2025 #25

Oh well JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #26

How about put some incarcerated folk out in the fields to pick produce? BattleRow Oct 2025 #27

What Is Indentured Servitude? taxi Oct 2025 #32

Well,pay them a small salary for their efforts.. BattleRow Oct 2025 #37

And who do you suggest pay them? taxi Oct 2025 #40

It would depend on the type of facility.. BattleRow Oct 2025 #43

I have a problem with it. Let me break it down. taxi Oct 2025 #44

Check out Angola state Prison in Louisiana. BattleRow Oct 2025 #46

Migrant workers migrate to work seasonal crops and harvests. This isn't a solution. taxi Oct 2025 #49

I've never understood anyone who votes against their own self interest. BattleRow Oct 2025 #50

Yup. A great deal of effort goes into steering public opinion. taxi Oct 2025 #54

Bum"steering "with tons of B.S. BattleRow Oct 2025 #62

The 13th Amendment gives it its blessing. cloudbase Oct 2025 #56

That is true. taxi Oct 2025 #60

Give them away then Quanta Oct 2025 #29

And if they had to do it all over again, their vote wouldn't change awesomerwb1 Oct 2025 #31

Hire Able-Bodied Americans Deep State Witch Oct 2025 #34

Currently US society is often not geared towards physical fitness nitpicked Oct 2025 #80

I was being sarcastic Deep State Witch Oct 2025 #82

Don't just talk, SCREAM God Damnit! Exp Oct 2025 #35

There are 200, give or take, Nazipublican congresscritters who don't seem to have anything to do. nt Buns_of_Fire Oct 2025 #41

"Why is my pizza so expensive?" progressoid Oct 2025 #45

Cuban Exiles are in general big MAGATs, do they use lots of tomatoes in their recipes? UTUSN Oct 2025 #47

Trump should mobilize the National Guard to go pick the crops if he wants a national emergency to deal with Walleye Oct 2025 #53

What in the hell did Florida Farmers expect to happen? ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2025 #55

Send in the National Guard Raven123 Oct 2025 #58

Republicans are screwing America royally Champp Oct 2025 #61

MaddowBlog-Trump administration eyes higher food prices as a result of the immigration crackdown LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #68

We told you not to vote for him, but you didn't listen to us! Initech Oct 2025 #69

No Food Banks Were Called? BidenRocks Oct 2025 #70

FAFOed. Call me when we're "great again." B.See Oct 2025 #71

Time to bring back gleaning JCMach1 Oct 2025 #81

Goldman Sachs exposes trump's huge lie that foreign countries are paying his tariffs and not US consumers LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #87