Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record prices

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    6 days ago

    In the Midwest (in case my name doesn’t give me away). Farmers will whine constantly then continue to vote for the people who do it to them while sticking their hands out for more money. The ultimate welfare queens

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      The cherry on top is how they all act like they are “growing everyone’s food” for charity or because of altruism, and that everyone else should kiss their red rosy because of it.

      I see them trying to make that happen online, too. It’s like they see all the pomp around the military and want all that adulation, too.