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murielm99

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30. We are small farmers.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #29)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:54 AM

Oct 2025

We know all types of farmers in this area, including people who farm for those who have tax shelters. My husband's family has always been farmers. My father came from a farming family. We are all Democrats, and I am tired of the farmer bashing here.

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Do farmers who voted for Trump want de facto slaves? Farmer Sarah Taber seems to think so. YouTube... [View all] Hekate Oct 2025 OP

k&r Thanks for posting! alwaysinasnit Oct 2025 #1

She's always interesting Hekate Oct 2025 #2

Agreed. yardwork Oct 2025 #9

I think all company heads that voted for Trump want de facto slaves durablend Oct 2025 #3

Yes, in the 1980s they discovered the concept of dumping those roles in your company travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #20

It's always been the case Delarage Oct 2025 #4

Greater understanding. Thanks. cachukis Oct 2025 #5

That would be the type of MAGA they are imagining, for sure, and we just have to make sure LymphocyteLover Oct 2025 #6

Wow! Hate to say it but this really kind of makes me hate farmers. They voted for fascism because they want slaves? Crunchy Frog Oct 2025 #7

You Hate FASCIST Famers Just Like We All Hate All Other Fascists MayReasonRule Oct 2025 #17

"slave labor" for farms is delusional at this point Cosmocat Oct 2025 #8

It's convenient to deport the migrants right before payday. yardwork Oct 2025 #10

My grandfather was fired Zackzzzz Oct 2025 #27

Oh, joy. murielm99 Oct 2025 #11

The author is a farmer, & I have found her take on the issues educational & thought provoking Hekate Oct 2025 #29

We are small farmers. murielm99 Oct 2025 #30

I am sorry if you feel bashed by my efforts to be informed. If you listened all the way thru... Hekate Oct 2025 #31

Certainly more profitable. Kid Berwyn Oct 2025 #12

Farmers don't like it when their labor has a right to move on or change jobs. That's similar to why businesses and Hotler Oct 2025 #13

This is so true. I remember a discussion with the CEO of a health care org travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #21

Not much has changed since Grapes of Wrath Johonny Oct 2025 #14

Indeed, The More Things Change, The More They Tend To Stay The Same MayReasonRule Oct 2025 #18

I posted something along the same theme the other day. Swede Oct 2025 #15

Who are going to be the slaves? ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #16

Medicaid patients, kids, immigrants from the concentration camps, unemployed people. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #22

You're forgetting durablend Oct 2025 #23

I would think of prison labor myself nitpicked Oct 2025 #28

Maybe it's time to go back to the days of the truck farmer. MineralMan Oct 2025 #19

Brrrr...been there, done that travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #25

I'm being sarcastic here. MineralMan Oct 2025 #26

Make slavery great again? peggysue2 Oct 2025 #24