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Revillusion1 Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-05 09:20 PM
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41. I know of several that have come off...
I work for the USDA...after Bush's latest program cuts, there are a LOT of pissed off farmers who voted for him. Just before the election, the USDA Farm Service Agency offices were scrambling to send out farm payments that were mandated by Bush to be sent out before November 2, 2004, in hopes that the farmer's votes would be guaranteed. It worked, at least, if one takes into consideration the huge number of Bush/Cheney stickers seen on farming trucks in the parking lot of our offices. Now, after learning about the huge cuts the USDA is facing, they feel like suckers for helping to put him back in office.

Many farmers are facing losing everything they have...it's sad, but certainly illustrates why we should put a little more thought into why, and for whom we cast our votes. Nothing the Bush administration does, is without an agenda...too bad some learned this too late.

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