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Maybe if farmers didnt buy iPhones they wouldnt need a government handout.
DUgosh
(3,056 posts)And get tattoos
radical noodle
(8,003 posts)and they buy sodas and candy.
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)all kinds of monitors and readout...lots of iot.....
which makes slow internet speeds in rural areas a problem
the tv show green acres was a long time ago
ProfessorGAC
(65,077 posts)It was channeling the right's criticism of poor people having iPhones.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,558 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,737 posts)2naSalit
(86,650 posts)Jeff Bridges' character in Rancho Deluxe (1975).
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)Somebody would manufacture them in the US and we could buy cell phones made by Americans.
I know, I'm dreaming and I'm an idiot. First, nobody would pay that much, and second... It's an iPhone.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,357 posts)If they'd live within their means and save a little, instead of spending on fripperies such as those, maybe they could get ahead. Why don't white leaders talk about that?
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)They really like to throw that money around.
The individual family farmer has become a target of the GOP.
They are pesky competition with their conglomerate friends.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)But we always knew, once the gop ravaged their opponents , they would start on their supporters. Thats what tyrants do.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)I remember that beauty.
I will say one thing I know about farmers....
When we protested Walkers take over, at one protest, a great many farmers trailered up their tractors and drove them to Madison to join us. It was very impressive.
So, I say there is hope with farmers that a good many have or are ready to switch.
Lets not have them find they have no where to turn with their politics.
elmac
(4,642 posts)The air and water quality around corporate farms is nasty.
radical noodle
(8,003 posts)almost all farms are family farms.