deanrd
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- May 8, 2017
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As Wisconsin farmers struggle, new effort aims to prevent suicide
Wisconsin, which had a record 915 suicides in 2017, may be seeing a surge in suicides and suicidal thoughts among farmers, who are facing some of the worst economic challenges in years, experts say.
Exact numbers of suicides among farmers aren’t available, and authorities say some deaths reported as farm accidents are actually suicides.
But calls to the Wisconsin Farm Center, which helps distressed farmers, were up last year, including a 33 percent increase in November and December compared to the same two months the previous year.
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Donald Trump has pulled out of just about every single trade agreement we have and nearly every treaty we have. The damage he caused to American farmers is going to last 20 or 30 years.
Normally, the president would create a coalition of other countries and present a united front to China.
But who do we have left? Who are our friends? Russia and North Korea? The Russian economy is smaller than most American states. And North Korea relies on China.
Regardless of how you guys love Donald Trump because of all his hatred towards minorities, he’s destroyed the American farm industry. Almost single-handedly.
It was farmers that put Trump over the top. Do you think they’re going to vote for him again?
Not only has he destroyed their markets and ruined their lives, he’s in court trying to take away their healthcare. And all so he could give another couple of trillion dollars to billionaires.
I would really like Republicans on the USMB to explain why farmers are going to vote for Donald Trump.
Wisconsin, which had a record 915 suicides in 2017, may be seeing a surge in suicides and suicidal thoughts among farmers, who are facing some of the worst economic challenges in years, experts say.
Exact numbers of suicides among farmers aren’t available, and authorities say some deaths reported as farm accidents are actually suicides.
But calls to the Wisconsin Farm Center, which helps distressed farmers, were up last year, including a 33 percent increase in November and December compared to the same two months the previous year.
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Donald Trump has pulled out of just about every single trade agreement we have and nearly every treaty we have. The damage he caused to American farmers is going to last 20 or 30 years.
Normally, the president would create a coalition of other countries and present a united front to China.
But who do we have left? Who are our friends? Russia and North Korea? The Russian economy is smaller than most American states. And North Korea relies on China.
Regardless of how you guys love Donald Trump because of all his hatred towards minorities, he’s destroyed the American farm industry. Almost single-handedly.
It was farmers that put Trump over the top. Do you think they’re going to vote for him again?
Not only has he destroyed their markets and ruined their lives, he’s in court trying to take away their healthcare. And all so he could give another couple of trillion dollars to billionaires.
I would really like Republicans on the USMB to explain why farmers are going to vote for Donald Trump.