Now we hard working Americans, need in gross domestic product should be a very to find how to circumvent Joe Biden’s pre- welcome result. The estimate of the Coviddicted, dismal mandates. The other 19 impact by the United States Department blatantly obvious point that no one is of Agriculture was a $50 billion decline in talking about, is that Joe Biden inspires no commodity value which did not even one, and there is no evidence that he ever include all of agriculture’s losses. It is vital has in his 47 year stint of living off taxpayers. that we keep these good policies in place. He has been around most of your life, It will be difficult to do, with this seemingly but what has he done to make your life growing war by the left on farmers better? Nothing positive that I can find, and and ranchers. I did quite a bit of research. This is truly a However, farmers and ranchers are not coup to take traditional America away from alone in this war. A few days ago CNN host its citizens by the far left. Just think, if the Don Lemon compared the 74 million left wing media can limit the free speech of people that voted for President Trump to the President of the United States, how the Ku Klux Klan. Talk about a far-fetched effective can they be in limiting yours? stretch, with absolutely no merit. In my (The views expressed in this column are not I thank God every day that we have so book racists are very few and far between. necessarily the views of the New Mexico Cattle many independent free-thinking writers I can’t even think of one that I know. Of Growers’ Association or this publication.) here at Livestock Market Digest and New course, I am sure the leftists have develn Arizona fuel prices went up 25 cents a Mexico Stockman. On top of that our editor oped their own definition of racist so it fits gallon in the anticipation of a Biden pres- Caren Cowan, is one courageous woman. their agenda, but that it has nothing to do idency. I know of no rancher, farmer, Isn’t it interesting the different points of with Merriam-Webster. trucker, that is not concerned about this. I view that you get in these magazines? It seems to me in this world that people find it astounding that an event such as the Thankfully, we are still the voice of the are either good or bad. Calling everyone a inauguration of an American president, working agriculture people in the south- racist is childish behavior in my book. To me, would depress major commodity markets. west. If you like what you get here, then tell the only person I have ever considered to America has now elected someone that your buddy to subscribe. If you don’t, then possibly be racist because of her seemingly feels the United States should not be first rant and rave all you like. At least as of today, intense hatred of our great country would in the world, especially when it comes to oil we still have that choice. be Michelle Obama. However, I do not production. I have always felt like the elecOne of the best things President Trump know Mrs. Obama personally, so I will not tion of a new president would give the did for American agriculture was to get rid make that judgment from here. country new hope. of the North American Free Trade AgreeAnother point that I think is racist are No one since Ronald Reagan has been ment and replaced it with United these politicians demanding reparations for able to do that except Donald Trump. Do States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement or slavery. Some even say the burden should you really believe that 80 million people USMCA as it is commonly referred to. fall heavily on those in agriculture today voted for a man as un-inspirational as Joe USMCA helped farmers and ranchers that because the slaves were agricultural Biden? Mr. Biden has been preaching doom were struggling with losses due to the workers. Even the proponents suggesting and gloom for years. His latest message of effects of Covid-19. that, are not dumb enough to think that we more lockdowns will send this country The $2 billion annual increase in US agri- in agriculture are rolling in millions of backwards for sure. cultural exports and the $65 billion increase dollars. I would say that these alleged politicians making these demands are just manipulating the system to get something for nothing. Slavery ended in the United States over 140 years ago. No American citizen alive has been a slave owner or been a slave. How stupid is this? My biggest question is why these same politicians that are calling for reparations do not also want reparations, for the families of the Union soldiers that freed them? After all without those Union soldiers, abolitionists, and President Lincoln no slaves would have been freed. If you know history at all, and if it has not been erased yet, President Lincoln lost his life to a southerner that loved slavery. Should we pay Mr. Lincoln’s family too? I think that the most hypocritical part of JERYL PRIDDY 325/754-4300 these political shysters is that they are Cell: 325/977-0769 unconcerned about slavery that is still happening today across the world. VIEW FROM THE BACKSIDE by Barry Denton
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