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Marcia's avatar

As a Democrat living in Iowa, I share your outrage and consternation about the farmers who seem perpetually determined to fall for every Fox News lie and vote GOP against their own interests.

But I can’t look on upcoming tRump-induced calamity for Midwestern farmers with schadenfreude. I foresee that those who are the most capable stewards of the land may lose their property to the billionaire agribusinesses — who will, in turn, continue to spend great wealth electing de-regulation, “no-tax on billionaires” politicians.

I’m frustrated, but F**k the farmers has bad consequences. I would like to see “farmers” defined as people who live on the farm at least 9 months a year. Agricultural tax breaks and bail-outs might be made available to farmers in some situations. Those who own land as a business investment will not qualify for the same tax-payer funded largesse as actual farmers who reside on their farms — the agribusinesses will have to rely on the usual loopholes and their tax lawyers in case of a bad year (or lunatic executive branch).

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Huffman: Doing Nothing's avatar

I completely agree. We should not be bailing out rich investors.

I know a family that is one of the largest recipients of federal farm aid in California.

They live happily in the middle of San Francisco.

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