1/ The betrayal of rural America, particularly the American farmer, began in the 1980s. Before then, local banks worked to support a farmer through a bad yield year, and generous government loans often came with grants for rural communities.

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2/ Starting in the 1980’a the corporatization of agriculture - Big Ag - began its treacherous rampage across the rural heartland. Corporate conglomerates turned farmers into serfs on their own land, destroying topsoil and destroying lives.
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3/ Poverty rampant among farmers & suicide rate higher than average. Farmland controlled by corporate leaders who never even walked the land; 30M acres held by foreign investors. Repubs have duped our farmers and too often Dems have ignored them. Definitely support @JDScholten!
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Farmers and government both been screwing us all for decades playing games with crops.
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Interesting topic starter, waiting for part 2. I think farmers are really overlooked voters who we just assume are foregone for Republican candidates. That doesn't have to be true.
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You are such an amazing voice in these times. You dive deep beneath the surface of subjects to understand the meat & truth of them, then convey it in a new light & with more clarity through your communications. Thank you!
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Definitely! See: Harvest of Rage, why Oklahoma City is only the Beginning, by Joel Dyer. How Corporate America and Banks caused the Family Farm Bankruptcies in order to set up CORPORATE AGRIBUSINESS.
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And corporate agriculture depletes groundwater resources at a rate not renewable by natural processes
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Here's a song about this, also interesting comments: youtube.com/watch?v=joNzRzZh…
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That was prior to Reagan's merger and acquisition orgy in a new policy of stifling competition and rigging the economy. I remember this.
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It started long before the 80’s the greening of the great western dessert and the idea that “rain follows the plow” set the stage for what we have today.
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