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browneyedgirlpie t1_j9ufamp wrote

Reply to comment by Wordnerdinthecity in Changes to SNAP will impact nearly 2M Pennsylvanians by byndrsn

That's so the tin foil hat types can listen in to make sure that there isn't one single person getting aid that they don't believe qualifies. They would rather starve hundreds than help one who doesn't need it.

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RealLiveKindness t1_j9vb7eh wrote

Farmers will feel it too when the government stops buying.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_ja5aflz wrote

Farming isn't done in the 21st century by yeoman farming families, it's done by multinational corporations.

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RealLiveKindness t1_ja5i5s6 wrote

Yep all the little guys have been forced out. 50 years ago when I was a student I’d work on family dairy farms. Sadly the last of them have disappeared. Nothing like cutting silage spreading manure or getting kicked by a cow.

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ArcherChase t1_ja8jr92 wrote

Factory farming is an absolute destructive force for health, humane treatment of animals, the environment, and the economy of small farming. The damage isn't even close to being seen

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