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Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers ask federal government to save them (katv.com)

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Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers are pleading with the federal government to provide emergency funding amid a farm economy crisis.

Almost everything that could go wrong for Arkansas farmers went wrong this year, leaving many facing bankruptcy or even the closure of farms that have been passed down for generations.

A dismal global market and plunging commodity prices mean there’s little hope of breaking even, even as input costs soar because of inflation and tariffs—on top of bad weather earlier in the year.

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[–] fletcher_bosom@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One wonders how many of these Arkansas farmers voted for unchecked capitalism and "small government" at the ballot box last November...

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m going with “all of them”

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Statistically it'd be ~70%.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because they are farmers, or because Arkansas?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Rural Arkansas voters.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They elected that ghoul Sarah Huckabee Sanders as their governor

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

I damaged my psyche making this

[–] 0ndead 20 points 2 months ago

Arkansas has always created its own problems

[–] GoTime@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Where them boot-straps?

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Who'd ya vote for, fucksticks?

Yeah, thought so. Enjoy the result. Idiots.

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

What a bunch of communists!

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Imagine crying to big daddy government instead of pulling yourself by ypur bootstraps and doing a single honest hard day's work. These lazy hippie commies need to be deported to Antarctica.