Zach Lahn

Because they form monopolies now.

Donald Trump and Brooke Rollins are talking about this.

Talking about breaking these monopolies up.

And a few other politicians have talked about it.

But there used to be a heritage in my state where, you know, grandpa would run the farm, and then when he got older, he would step away.

Often he would move to a different house, and then son would farm and raise the family.

That's what happened with my family.

But the idea of supporting two incomes, two families now in Iowa, it's basically gone for the average farmer.

So we're heading towards a cliff.

And just a little bit of where I come from on this is that my family came to Iowa in 1850, around then.

Actually, my great-great-grandfather was one of the famed Hawkeyes on horseback in the Civil War.

He was, you know, they participated, actually fought in the Battle of Nashville.

He participated in Garrison's raid.

These were people that were brought in in Iowa's 2nd Calvary to go counter the opposing calvaries that were, you know, wreaking havoc.

And he was in a state that wasn't a part of this battle.

It was in America, but, you know, it wasn't... What was going on in the country was not happening in Iowa.

At the end of the Civil War, more Iowans fought in the Civil War than any other state per capita.

Yes.

And there's deep reasons for that.

And it's about where they came from and what they were leaving.