Source: Gary Pearce, WILSON TIMES, 11/20/19


The fellow from down east was fed up with his neighbors calling Democrats “socialists.” He fumed, “Some of the people yelling loudest about socialists are the biggest socialists around.” How’s that? “They’re farmers, and they get farm subsidies, agriculture programs, crop price supports and, now, payments to farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs. Isn’t that socialism?”

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Farmers essential to American life
Posted Monday, November 25, 2019 9:32 pm
Re: “Socialism is already here — down on the farm,” by Gary Pearce, Thursday:
This writer needs to be happy he lives in a country where 2% of the population can feed and clothe the other 98% below the cost of production. Get your facts straight — 90 % of the U.S. Department of Agriculture budget...
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Socialism for consumers, not just farmers
Posted Monday, November 25, 2019 9:32 pm
In response to Gary Pearce’s column regarding the farm bill as socialism (“Socialism is already here — down on the farm,” Thursday), Mr. Pearce failed to mention that 80% of the farm bill is used for feeding programs such as SNAP, WIC and several others — in other words, food stamps.

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