“I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.”

― Robert F. Kennedy Sr.

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👩‍🌾The Republicans’ cruel and chaotic policies do not exist in a vacuum. They inflict real pain on our neighbors, including farmers. A bipartisan group of former USDA and farm group leaders sounded the alarm this week about a potential agriculture crisis.•Farm bankruptcies have doubled recently•About half of U.S. farms are expected to be profitable this year•Agriculture’s trade deficit remains near historic levels•Just a few years ago, there were record export surpluses and farm incomesTariffs, trade disruptions, labor shortages due to immigration policies, cuts to USDA staff & research, reductions in foreign aid, including the dismantling of USAID, and reductions in domestic aid, including SNAP and ACA subsidies, all compound the pain. www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/bipartisan-group-warns-congress-of-potential-ag-industry-collapse ... See MoreSee Less
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