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WA farmers get slapped (Original Post)
AmandaRuth
Jun 2018
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msongs
(67,441 posts)1. these repub farmers will be looking for handouts soon...aka welfare. nt
nycbos
(6,038 posts)2. Those farmers voted for Trump...
... so to quote Nelson from The Simpsons.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)3. We all hurt from this. Some more than others.
I can only pay so much for groceries before I start having to eat nothing more than oatmeal and lima beans.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)4. First no workers, now no customers...
How's that whole MAGA thing going for you?
Import/export is a huge part of WA's economy. And yes, all those Trump counties in the eastern half of the state depend on agricultural exports. And yes, this affects us all.
This is gonna suck.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)5. Make the MAGAts pick the crops.
They caused this problem, so make them fix it.