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Iowa

modrepub

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1. Blue State to Red State Transfer

Reply to IADEMO2004 (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2020, 12:11 PM

Dec 2020

Meanwhile, my parents complain about food prices continuing to rise. Our whole food system seems to be non-functional. We pay out huge subsidies to farmers and our food prices continue to go up. Never does a mention of "socialism" come up in any discussion.

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Record government subsidies boost income for Iowa, U.S. farmers. Des Moines Register [View all] IADEMO2004 Dec 2020 OP

Blue State to Red State Transfer modrepub Dec 2020 #1

The subsidies have little to do with food prices exboyfil Dec 2020 #7

Probably what made Wisconsin so close exboyfil Dec 2020 #2

"socialisism" which most farmers decry demosincebirth Dec 2020 #3

Spot on! DonaldsRump Dec 2020 #5

I hope Joe requires them to give folks in need free food as part of the debt repayment DonaldsRump Dec 2020 #4

Iowa rso Dec 2020 #6

Welfare Kings... orwell Dec 2020 #8

I believe Romney called this paying for votes. Karadeniz Dec 2020 #9

BINGO! Just don't say that in iowa coffee shops. IADEMO2004 Dec 2020 #10