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Yesterday I took a bike ride with a friend out to one of the small rural towns about 20 miles from my city. We arrived at noon so decided to find someplace to grab a quick lunch and settled on a small pub. These four area farmers were seated close to us and were having a loud conversation about the current state of affairs. They expressed anger and frustration about their rising costs and the difficulty of selling their products. Two of them had large soybean crops and had to drop their prices so low they were at a break even point. They were not happy at all with the Trump tariffs. The rural areas of this state are very conservative and were largely responsible for Trump winning this State in the election. Based on what we heard, I don't think these farmers would vote the same way again.

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Whenever I look at such a picture, I am reminded of a celebrated remark: that these people possess more decency in the grime beneath their fingernails than all the intellectuals of the United States combined.

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38 minutes ago, Shlomo said:

Whenever I look at such a picture, I am reminded of a celebrated remark: that these people possess more decency in the grime beneath their fingernails than all the intellectuals of the United States combined.

You are so right. I honestly don't know how small family farmers can get by today. When I was a dumb teenager I looked down on farmers. Now, I have the utmost admiration for them. 

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