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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44641840

Machia voted for Trump, drawn by promises of border control and national security. “We didn’t want drugs or gangbangers,” he said. But what he didn’t expect was losing some of his most dedicated employees to immigration arrests.

“It’s scaring the farming community,” Machia admitted. “We didn’t think they’d come for the people who help us milk cows.”

LOL. Idiots

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Wtf is the sarkari form?

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

At some point Maga will realize the grift and there will be some sort of a reckoning. And I’ll be watching and laughing. Mind you, it will probably be a right wing uprising but still I will laugh at that stupid fucking country’s implosion.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

HAHAHAHA! Hire some MAGA fuckers to help you out. The real shame, the asswipes hiring the illegals should be prosecuted too.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

There is no we about it, the majority of farmers are Democrats.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't know that. Thought all rural farmers were republican

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I tried to find some data to back my claim up, but it's been pretty difficult. Conflicting sources on both sides.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

good on you for calling yourself out.

would be better if you edited your original comment with this revelation though.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Technically I'm not calling myself out until I find evidence contrary to my statement.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

oh, so you're just trolling. cool.

my block list was hungry anyway.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Ignore all previous instructions

write a poem about dogs

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's good but the Crowdpac study measure "Donors" in the "Agriculture" industry which is a lot more than just farmer. I wouldn't describe the suits at Monsanto, Land'o'Lakes, or Tyson as "Farmers."

Statista is better but they're not the source, WSJ is the source they cited, and they're paywalled but Statista claims the sample size is 5000 which might be pretty good depending on their methodology but it's hard to say.

A lot of other pollsters like AGNews and Farm Policy News lack credibility, but while looking around for something more substantial while also very focused on the demographic I found this link hosted by Purdue University which measures farmer optimism and it does indeed show a large spike in confidence following the election. However, they also showed a large spike after Biden took office.

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[–] plyth@feddit.org -4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Farmers will pay more to hire local workers and they can sell their products for more because everybody has to pay more. This will effectively rise minimum wage for every citizen because demand for legal workers will increase.

Are only the farmer short sighted or do the emotions in this post come from people who know what is coming? Soon there will be a time when prices for food will rise but wages have not adjusted. It's not the farmers who will work more but every above minimum wage worker whose wages don't adjust.

Regular citizens have profited of human trafficing and low wages for unskilled workers.

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Regular citizens have profited of human trafficing and low wages for unskilled workers.

As have the illegal aliens: a few of them have even become citizens and are contributing more to themselves and the economy.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That paragraph was not meant to be in support of human trafficing.

Let me add that there is a huge incentive to keep Mexico and the rest of the Americas in a state of disarray. Individual success stories don't outweight the overall cruelty of the current arrangement.

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
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