Farmers who probably voted for Trump Suing him for rolling back Obama-Era Rules that protected them

[jj23]

Farmers who probably voted for Trump Suing him for rolling back Obama-Era Rules that protected them

An organization representing the interests of small farmers across rural America fired a legal salvo Thursday aimed at a Trump administration they feel has let them down.

The lawsuit, filed by the Organization for Competitive Markets — a small-farmers think tank based in Lincoln, Neb. — and three farmer plaintiffs, did not shake the halls of Congress. Nor will it go viral on social media. But to the 40,000 contract poultry farmers, 900,000 cattle ranchers, and 70,000 hog farmers in America's heartland whose interests it seeks to represent, the lawsuit represents the tip of an iceberg of financial and emotional despair.

At issue is the Trump administration's withdrawal of two Obama-era rules designed to protect small farmers, who say they are being exploited by the meatpacking companies they supply.

Wish I could say I feel for them. That was your boy!

 

[levitate]

Let them eat cattle.

 

[2stainz]

honesty, fukk em. why did they think a NY property landlord scum bag would care about farmers?

they will probably still vote republican next election anyway

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Too...much..winning..can't handle anymore..

 

[PoPimp84]

Gotta pay the cost to make America great again. Maybe next they will vote for their own interest.

In the meantime they about to get raped by the meat packers, no pun intended...

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Gotta pay the cost to make America great again. Maybe next they will vote for their own interest.

In the meantime they about to get raped by the meat packers, no pun intended...

It’s not rape if there was consent. They signed those contracts years ago why are we just hearing about it today? Not like they were innocent little girls, I mean businesses.

 

[the cac mamba]

Let them eat cattle.

 

[Regular_P]

Many of the farmers affected by the rollback supported Donald Trump for president, believing his promise to look after their interests. Now, the disillusionment is setting in.

West Virginia poultry farmer Mike Weaver is one of them; he says the feeling now among small farmers and ranchers is, "Where's the support that you promised us? We voted for you because you were going to make things right, and it's not happening."

 

[bright black]

farmers have a high suicide rate...let's get it...

 

[jj23]

Gotta pay the cost to make America great again. Maybe next they will vote for their own interest.

In the meantime they about to get raped by the meat packers, no pun intended...

 

[King Static X]

 

[jerniebert]

These were up and down the Central Valley. Elections have consequences.

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

This is what happens when you value white supremacy more than you value your own life.

If I realized that I voted solely on who would tell me how special and wonderful I was instead of on who would actually help me make a living in my field, I would overload on pills, too.

Now watch Trump kill NAFTA/CAFTA so I can't even get cheap produce from Mexico, Central America, or South America anymore, either.