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17. Yes back in the old days it was a hard life.

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 08:19 PM

Oct 7

Then when they found out about handouts, life got a lot better.
But they hung onto the old insular attitudes.

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Republican billionaires will buy this land cheap Champp Oct 7 #1

Remember those photos of a smiling Kim Jong Un "inspecting potatoes?" Miles Archer Oct 7 #4

Trump is destroying everything that makes America great. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #5

Farmers seem to have a special brand of hate for liberals. ananda Oct 7 #9

Farmers can be quite insular and removed from the real world. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #10

I'm from a Texas family that had been farming ... ananda Oct 7 #13

Yes. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #15

Dig deep... ananda Oct 7 #16

Yes back in the old days it was a hard life. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #17

That and a nickel will get him five cents Blue Owl Oct 7 #3

Farmer Scott needs to realize louis-t Oct 7 #6

The farmers want to get bailed out yet they voted for him Tribetime Oct 7 #11

Did Scott also mention, "We're B.See Oct 7 #12