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Farmers march on Washington, demand return to agrarian-based economy, either that or trucks of money. Farmers from across the United States marched on Capitol Hill Monday hoping to repeal a 1996 law that gave major corporations an advantage over family farms. The protesters carried placards with slogans like, Wait a minute, what about the farmer? And chanting, Hey, hey, ho, ho.
Farming requires hay and a ho. The freedom to farm law removed most federal controls on what farmers grow, letting them shift from crop to crop to better meet market demands. Unfortunately, most farmers are still unable to grow DVDs and drawstring cargo pants. Here's one man who is down on the farm. It's scary, folks, that it's evolved everybody.
If you eat, this is your fight.
Soon afterwards, this man buried his grandfather in an unmarked grave along Pennsylvania Avenue with a note reading, nobody killed him, he just died. Farmers at the protest were treated to a 25% reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. All you need to do is be able to afford to grow the food, buy the seeds, pay for the machinery, and then sell your food at the market. Huh.
You know, his live shows just aren't what they used to be. In the escalating trade war between the United States and everyone, one of the hardest hit groups has been US farmers.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue just announcing moments ago that the Trump administration has approved $12 billion in aid specifically going to farmers, an industry that has been hit very hard by what they call today illegal retaliatory tariffs from China.
Farmers, many of whom were Trump voters, right, they've really been hurt by the president's trade wars.
Okay, this is weird, because I'm not opposed to a president using government assistance to help people through a crisis, you know, like after a hurricane. But in this case, the president is the hurricane. He made this happen. Right? Like, imagine if a hurricane went through your house, like, oh, here's $20 for the mess. That's what's basically happened here.
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