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Initech

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72. Hey! You guys wanted the fucking asshole in charge! We told you how bad things were going to get!

Reply to Jack Valentino (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:42 PM

Aug 20

You didn't listen to us and voted for the fucking asshole anyways! This is entirely self-inflicted.

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'This is going to end us': Florida growers warn Trump he's 'killing farming' [View all] Jack Valentino Aug 20 OP

He can always make things worse Bettie Aug 20 #1

that's for sure. riversedge Aug 20 #4

he has never failed barbtries Aug 20 #15

The entire GOP is a murder-suicide cult. ananda Aug 20 #58

Everything he touches dies. Irish_Dem Aug 20 #29

Trump's plan is to allow China to buy farmland. yardwork Aug 20 #2

Yes, the "driving out of business.." the Cha Aug 20 #19

They prolly bought his bit coin scams wolfie001 Aug 20 #20

Huh. Maybe they shouldn't have voted for him then. Scrivener7 Aug 20 #3

If they did, they can STFU. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 20 #7

How are you doing, Dinah? Things are good here, other than the political horror show. Scrivener7 Aug 20 #33

OK on my end, all things considered DinahMoeHum Aug 20 #36

Here is the original NPR article DBoon Aug 20 #5

Thanks for posting that... Jack Valentino Aug 22 #91

Trump will bus "workers " from Alligator Alacatraz. dem4decades Aug 20 #6

A skilled farm worker does like the same amount of work as 20 unmotivated workers....... wolfie001 Aug 20 #23

This is the truth.nt carpetbagger Aug 20 #37

And the Republicans popsdenver Aug 20 #62

Yup. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 21 #85

Florida went for Trump in three elections, right? Aristus Aug 20 #8

Give it to Putin in exchange for withdrawing from Ukraine. Crunchy Frog Aug 20 #47

You can be sure that popsdenver Aug 20 #63

I'm not concerned for THEM, but for the rest of us Jack Valentino Aug 21 #74

Yep and margins increased each time fujiyamasan Aug 21 #79

We also went for Obama bagimin Aug 21 #90

and WHAT? was there a better alternative somewhere at the time ??? Jack Valentino Aug 22 #92

Brooke Rollins' new program... rubbersole Aug 20 #9

Absolute Shame they Voted for their Cha Aug 20 #10

Ironic how much "christian" hate they harbored for their own workers wolfie001 Aug 20 #26

It is Horrible that Migrant Workers Cha Aug 20 #30

The skills they have harvesting the crops cannot be replicated with unmotivated hires wolfie001 Aug 20 #31

Right! Cha Aug 20 #32

Unfortunately not a new thing Chilopsis Aug 20 #60

So self-defeating wolfie001 Aug 20 #61

They had a poor understanding of their own farm economics combined with a mass deportation... Jack Valentino Aug 21 #75

Be careful who you vote for Keepthesoulalive Aug 20 #11

JD Vance funded AcreTrader. Here's why that matters littlemissmartypants Aug 20 #12

Florida this is what you get when you vote for a lying conman and his Republican Party who don't give a shite about you kimbutgar Aug 20 #13

I've lived here since '57. rubbersole Aug 20 #69

I was here (Lauderdale) in '57 also and bagimin Aug 21 #89

Oh, damn, it is what they voted for. republianmushroom Aug 20 #14

Their land will get scooped up by private equity firms. MontanaMama Aug 20 #16

Definitely markodochartaigh Aug 20 #53

They're completely okay with it. Wednesdays Aug 20 #59

Any agricultural harvest that can be automated has been automated perdita9 Aug 20 #17

I was just thinking that. Automation? For strawberries? Walleye Aug 20 #22

Raspberries are such a fragile fruit wolfie001 Aug 20 #28

And picking these fruits is harder work than anybody in that administration has ever done Walleye Aug 20 #44

YES!!! wolfie001 Aug 20 #50

ETTD! IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 20 #18

You wuz warned. Baitball Blogger Aug 20 #21

What. A. Jackass. GB_RN Aug 20 #24

"This is our fault. We are to blame." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Aug 20 #25

Oh gee.... why aren't MAGAts lining up Quanto Magnus Aug 20 #27

The answer to this problem is simple. Permanut Aug 20 #34

"Farm work is TOO WOKE!" LOL Jack Valentino Aug 22 #96

NPR transcript and article here irisblue Aug 20 #35

That's a shame. Glaisne Aug 20 #38

Turns out the lazy dern foreigners are the magats themselves. GreenWave Aug 20 #39

If Florida gets hit with a major hurricane on top of this ToxMarz Aug 20 #40

No, now they'll be invaded by Maggot "StormChaser" conmen who'll fraud & fuck them over. NBachers Aug 20 #48

Anita Bryant is smiling from hell! BidenRocks Aug 20 #41

K&R UTUSN Aug 20 #42

So...much...winning evolves Aug 20 #43

"34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program" Ruby the Liberal Aug 20 #45

oh yah... markie Aug 20 #52

THIS 'medicaid recipient' has his OWN garden to work.... Jack Valentino Aug 22 #95

and I bet the vast majority of them voted for the idiot. Emile Aug 20 #46

Tell 'em they should've voted for Kamala Harris. NBachers Aug 20 #49

He's killing everything except the one thing that many people hope he kills. twodogsbarking Aug 20 #51

Himself ???? Jack Valentino Aug 22 #93

And the winner is ..........drum roll.......Jack Valentino. Prizes are subject to availability. twodogsbarking Aug 22 #98

Call Mitt Romney! markodochartaigh Aug 20 #54

This is what happens when you let billionaires into government Nigrum Cattus Aug 20 #55

It was very stupid of you to vote for him then. And to do so repeatedly, as the majority RockRaven Aug 20 #56

Potato chips over patriotism Jack Valentino Aug 22 #94

And science Demovictory9 Aug 20 #57

GOP plan: Make America Hungry Attilatheblond Aug 20 #64

We are addicted to our underground economy... pat_k Aug 20 #65

FAFO... NEOH Aug 20 #66

He does not give a shit because he let a war criminal ride in Tax Payer Funded limousine without ant interpreters turbinetree Aug 20 #67

The price of beef is way up in the last 6 months Devilsun Aug 20 #68

Not seeing a problem. North Coast Lawyer Aug 20 #70

The "problem" is not the consequences to the farmers who voted wrong, but Jack Valentino Aug 22 #97

Don't worry. There is always more Kool-Aid for you and yours. Remember, this is what you wanted. Scalded Nun Aug 20 #71

Hey! You guys wanted the fucking asshole in charge! We told you how bad things were going to get! Initech Aug 20 #72

34 million who live close enough to farming country? Seriously... JT45242 Aug 21 #73

They should all plant Klepto Coins!!!!! BurnDoubt Aug 21 #76

Wonder if this impacts sugar growers flamingdem Aug 21 #77

As if hildegaard28 Aug 21 #78

Why Isn't The Repug Governor Of Florida Going To Bat For The State And. ........ global1 Aug 21 #80

"Screw the farmers. Stupid suckers. They can join the other losers. Ha ha." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Aug 21 #81

"This is going to end us." llmart Aug 21 #82

Fuck 'em. They voted for this. They shit the bed, and now they're complaining that things smell bad. hatrack Aug 21 #83

You know what would fix this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations. Ray Bruns Aug 21 #84

Cruelty by starvation is their goal. All Democrats must go Newsom on these facists. Clouds Passing Aug 21 #86

It won't matter if they don't vote for change EnergizedLib Aug 21 #87

Hey farmers, the billionaires are poised to buy on at a Discount Habitation Aug 21 #88

Nothing is ever so bad that Drumpf couldn't make it worse. BobTheSubgenius Aug 22 #99