Posted on 10/16/2023 7:36:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
John Boyd, Jr. absolutely nailed it when he opened his piece with this:
If Washington, D.C. is good at one thing, it’s making policy in the Beltway bubble that ends up hurting Americans in rural communities — communities like mine, here in Virginia.
Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer in Virginia with a 1,600 acre farm and more than thirty years of experience growing tobacco, is the founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and yesterday, The Hill published an essay he wrote exposing the federal government’s “misguided” actions against the black community, but especially black farmer—after all, agriculture and the farmer are the lifeblood of America. As Boyd notes:
Few workers have been hit harder in recent years than Black farmers. Black farmers in this country, at the turn of the century, owned over 20 million acres of land — today, that number is less than 5 million acres of land in this country. We previously represented 1 million farmers in this country — now, we’re down to 50,000 Black farmers in this country.
Boyd then writes that through the federal bureaucracy, black farmers have historically suffered severe discrimination; he highlights actions taken by the USDA in years past, but specifically rings the alarm on the FDA’s current goal to implement a “prohibition-style ban on menthol and other flavored tobacco” as it will harm the black community in a number of ways, rightly making the claim that these are the tobacco products are “preferred” and “grown” by black farmers. According to the American Lung Association, more than three out of four black smokers opt for menthol cigarettes, while less than one of four white smokers do. From Boyd:
[M]ost disturbing are the consequences for Black tobacco users across the country.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
What did the White Farmers Association say?
When I was a kid, the American people ran the U.S. Government. Now, it’s the other way around. We do what the Feddies tell us we can do and what we can’t do.
This criminalization could result in mandatory minimum sentences, revocation of parole, fines, the loss of one’s right to vote or even deportation, among other criminal legal consequences.
Read that slowly and let your lips move...................
the federal government hates the black man and his family.
the simple answer...STOP VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS because they seem to believe they, and only they, have a God given right to dictate your life and livelyhood. while their sycophants are focused on the abortion issue, they are slowly but surely destroying every other vestige of American life. “elections have consequences and then everyone suffers the consequences” has never been truer.
Wow. Black Farmers get all subsidizing that White (other) farmers cannot get.
Welcome to the party.
Now they have their own “Farmers Association”? I know and work with a lot of farmers. They’re live and let live people. Hard work and honesty are color blind to them. There’s no need for a BFA.
Grow food
Grifters gonna grift.
Recently visited family that have a farm - around 1000 acres soy beans and corn mostly. I was amazed at the govts involvement and paperwork. They had file after file after file of paperwork for this year alone. From preparing the ground, seeds, planting, watering, fertilizer all the way through harvest. Info on every square foot of crop has to be logged and provided. They said they spend a lot more time on govt paperwork than they do farming.
farmers of yesterday: “got some land, and I want to farm it - better start cutting down trees and moving rocks.”
farmers of today: “got some land, and I want to farm it - where do I sign-up get my checks from the government?”
THE WHITE DAIRY FARMERS IN WISCONSIN HAD SO MANY CONTROLS & REGULATIONS SHOVED AT THEM THAT TODAY-—MANY ARE RAISING BEEF CATTLE INSTEAD,
THEN-——WHY ARE SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE ON WELFARE & OTHER HANDOUTS???
From the air we breathe, to the ground we walk on, there isn’t ONE THING our tyrannical government doesn’t control. Not one.
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