Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:05 AM
TexasTowelie (80,442 posts)
In South Dakota, patience wears thin as tariffs hit home
South Dakota farmers and ranchers this week weathered the first round of tariffs and talk of an imminent trade war.
It's a hit they'd hoped to avoid for months and one they've been paying for for weeks as uncertainty loomed large over the market, dragging down the price of key crops. The tariff talks have already cost South Dakota farmers and ranchers hundreds of millions of dollars, experts said, as the value of their crops has dipped amid international concern about new tariffs. It's a loss that many can't sustain and one that elected officials and others worried could tank the state's economy. Read more: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/13/south-dakota-trump-tariffs-hit-home/780376002/
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TexasTowelie | Jul 2018 | OP |
Squinch | Jul 2018 | #1 | |
pamdb | Jul 2018 | #2 | |
SamKnause | Jul 2018 | #3 | |
we can do it | Jul 2018 | #4 | |
MyOwnPeace | Jul 2018 | #5 |
Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:08 AM
Squinch (35,155 posts)
1. Assholes.
Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:36 AM
pamdb (1,014 posts)
2. South Dakota
3 electoral votes
Won state by 30 points. Elections have consequences. Or to put it in terms for farmers, “ you reap what you sow”. |
Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:36 AM
SamKnause (12,126 posts)
3. If you voted for Trump you earned and deserve everything coming your way !!!!
If you did NOT vote for Trump you have my sympathy and empathy.
I hope you can survive the damage and destruction coming your way. |
Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:39 AM
we can do it (9,340 posts)
4. I'm really sick of these idiots voting against self interest, then crying.
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Response to we can do it (Reply #4)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:24 AM
MyOwnPeace (11,531 posts)
5. A-men to that!
We should not ALL have to suffer for the mistakes of a few, but boy, you wish you could really focus the "pain" on those that deserve it!
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