In South Dakota, patience wears thin as tariffs hit home

[TexasTowelie]

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/

[Squinch]

1. Assholes.

[pamdb]

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”.

[SamKnause]

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.

[we can do it]

4. I'm really sick of these idiots voting against self interest, then crying.

[MyOwnPeace]

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!