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SKKY

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16. Womp Womp

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:55 AM

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'We'll have to go vegan': Dairy farmers rattled about finding workers amid Trump immigrant sweeps [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 13 OP

Faces meet leopards....did they ask him if/why he and other farmers voted for this JT45242 Feb 13 #1

Yes, so many people chose racism and misogyny over everything else. ananda Feb 13 #5

The leopards won't be vegan. StarryNite Feb 14 #38

Sounds like great news to me Vegan4life Feb 13 #2

If that is what it takes for Americans to wake up then so be it. travelingthrulife Feb 13 #3

The Trump Administration DOESN'T CARE about the impact its policies will have on Wisconsin. tanyev Feb 13 #4

Exactly right...this will lead to food shortages Prairie Gates Feb 13 #8

Slap a tariff on them, too, Canada - especially Wisconsin Prairie Gates Feb 13 #6

"They voted for it, now eat it. Yummy tofu." BumRushDaShow Feb 13 #10

All those soybeans go to feeding livestock chernabogg Feb 13 #13

Gee, thanks. milestogo Feb 13 #24

I mean, it's the half that sells the milk though Prairie Gates Feb 13 #33

Not necessarily. milestogo Feb 13 #34

For the most part, yeah, and hard to deny Prairie Gates Feb 13 #35

No "red" county is 100% red. milestogo Feb 13 #36

It's too bad most of these dairy companies and farmers supported and voted for Trump. Tough shit. Suck it up. hadEnuf Feb 13 #7

Vegan? So there are no migrant workers picking fruits and vegetables? mdbl Feb 13 #9

My thought exactly BlueKentuckyGirl Feb 13 #23

See post 22 DBoon Feb 13 #30

"There is a visa program that legalizes seasonal fruit and vegetable harvesters, but not for dairy" mdbl Feb 14 #37

The only option will be rationing of all food Lifeafter70 Feb 13 #31

Is it bad to actually hope berksdem Feb 13 #11

Legally DeepWinter Feb 13 #12

One rattled farmer... littlemissmartypants Feb 13 #14

Sorry about that, there, Clem Kadiddlehopper. You vote for Trump, you take the consequences. Aristus Feb 13 #15

Womp Womp SKKY Feb 13 #16

Curious if Rebl2 Feb 13 #17

I'm sure Americans are lining up to apply for these jobs like you won't believe. IronLionZion Feb 13 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author GusBob Feb 13 #19

So will federal dairy subsidies continue? markodochartaigh Feb 13 #20

they all voted for him 4catsmom Feb 13 #21

As a note - The Independent gathers info from The Financial Times that talked to many of these farmers BumRushDaShow Feb 13 #22

Last year a local multi generational family Deminpenn Feb 13 #25

Another reminder of the fact that the Dildo of Consequences seldom arrives with lube. Ocelot II Feb 13 #26

What? Consequences? I mean, it's like they didn't think this out underpants Feb 13 #27

Maybe farmers shouldn't have voted for the Orange Shitgibbon in November RockRaven Feb 13 #28

FAFO Basso8vb Feb 13 #29

"Don't worry. Our Billionaire Bros will continue to eat like royalty." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Feb 13 #32