Maybe if farmers didn't buy iPhones...

[ehrnst]

Link to tweet

Maybe if farmers didn’t buy iPhones they wouldn’t need a government handout.

[DUgosh]

1. And have their nails done

And get tattoos

[radical noodle]

16. Almost all of them have refrigerators

and they buy sodas and candy.

[dembotoz]

2. a lot of farming is very high tech

all kinds of monitors and readout...lots of iot.....
which makes slow internet speeds in rural areas a problem

the tv show green acres was a long time ago

[ProfessorGAC]

7. It Was Sarcasm

It was channeling the right's criticism of poor people having iPhones.

[hatrack]

3. Don't forget the economic devastation produced by Avocado Toast!

[Liberal In Texas]

4. They probably have flat screen TVs too! n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Womp, womp.

[2naSalit]

6. Pick up trucks...

I've seen more of this state's poor cowboys, miners, railroaders and Indians go broke buyin' pickup trucks. The poor people of this state are dope fiends for pickup trucks. As soon's they get ten cents ahead they trade in on a new pickup truck. The families, homesteads, schools, hospitals and happiness of Montana have been sold down the river to buy pickup trucks!... And there's a sickness here worse than alcohol and dope. It is the pickup truck debt! And there's no cure in sight.

Jeff Bridges' character in Rancho Deluxe (1975).

[Chemisse]

8. I am betting they buy steaks at the supermarket now and then too! n/t

[JayhawkSD]

9. Maybe if nobody bought iPhones.

Somebody would manufacture them in the US and we could buy cell phones made by Americans.

I know, I'm dreaming and I'm an idiot. First, nobody would pay that much, and second... It's an iPhone.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. They're so focused on status symbols like picture-perfect houses and four-wheelers and big trucks.

If they'd live within their means and save a little, instead of spending on fripperies such as those, maybe they could get ahead. Why don't white leaders talk about that?

[lpbk2713]

11. Or bought fuel for their vehicles.

They really like to throw that money around.



      The individual family farmer has become a target of the GOP.
                They are pesky competition with their conglomerate friends.

[LakeArenal]

14. You have that right. Pushed out of the economy like the rest of us

But we always knew, once the gop ravaged their opponents , they would start on their supporters. That’s what tyrants do.

[LakeArenal]

12. Did you know 96% of farmers have refrigerators.

I remember that beauty.
I will say one thing I know about farmers....
When we protested Walker’s take over, at one protest, a great many farmers trailered up their tractors and drove them to Madison to join us. It was very impressive.
So, I say there is hope with farmers that a good many have or are ready to switch.

Let’s not have them find they have no where to turn with their politics.

[elmac]

13. its all corporate farming and they are the worst polluters

The air and water quality around corporate farms is nasty.

[radical noodle]

17. Where I come from in Indiana

almost all farms are family farms.

[Iggo]

15. Why haven't I heard the leaders of the White Community address this?