Nothing screams rugged, independent free-market capitalism quite like begging the government for a multibillion-dollar bailout because your own preferred trade policies vaporized your customer base.

You voted to burn down the global grain market and are now stunned to discover you actually have to live inside the ashes. 
Broad tariff regimes inevitably trigger direct retaliatory duties on domestic agricultural exports, converting thriving family operations into federally dependent welfare cases overnight. Handing out billions in taxpayer-funded stopgap relief does not recover structural export market share; it simply forces the public to subsidize avoidable self-inflicted losses while multi-generational farms fold under the debt. 

Ashley Hinson keeps telling Iowa farmers she’s fighting for them while supporting the larger policies squeezing them, tariffs and trade uncertainty, expensive diesel and fertilizer, and health-care cuts hitting rural Iowa. Then she points to Save Our Bacon and an E15 bill that still isn’t law as proof she’s delivering.

Ashley Hinson:
- Backed Tariffs Hurting Iowa Farmers
- Supported Policies Driving Up Farm Costs
- Voted to Continue the Iran War Amid Rising Diesel & Fertilizer Costs
- Backed Medicaid Cuts Threatening Rural Iowa Healthcare
- Promised Year-Round E15 — Still Not Law
- Introduced the “Save Our Bacon Act”
- Took $65K+ From Pork-Industry Interests
- Talks About Helping Farmers While Supporting Policies Squeezing Them

Nothing screams rugged, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps individualism quite like demanding federal emergency checks the second the fuel pump hits your own wallet. Apparently, government handouts are a moral failure of the weak—right up until it’s time to fill the John Deere. 
The agriculture sector relies on billions in baseline federal safety nets, commodity supports, and direct disaster relief funded by the very taxpayers often lectured about self-reliance. Rebranding a taxpayer bailout as "agricultural stabilization" doesn't change the line item on the federal ledger—it’s the exact entitlement spending fiscal hawks claim to despise. 
It’s only called "socialism" when it helps someone else; when it fills your fuel tank, it's suddenly "market stabilization." 
Enjoy the government-funded harvest. 

PSA to my fellow Republican farmers... the voting booth is not rigged as there has been no evidence to prove it. Only oral flatulence, not physical proof.
Look, I know the routine. You wear the red hat to the co-op, you complain about government red tape over coffee at the diner, and your granddaddy would roll over in his grave if he saw a blue yard sign anywhere near the driveway.
But I’m here to remind everyone of a crucial piece of technology that’s been built into our democracy for generations: The Secret Ballot.
When you slide that curtain shut or drop that paper into the box:
The county GOP commissioner is not hiding in the ballot scanner.
Your tractor’s GPS will not flag you for crossing political lines.
The local feed store owner won't get a push notification if you vote for a Democrat, an Independent, or a write-in candidate named "A Rainstorm in July."
It’s completely private. If a candidate’s agricultural platform makes no sense for your farm’s bottom line, you can vote for someone else and still wear your favorite hat to church on Sunday. Nobody has to know. Your secret is safe with you, the curtain, and maybe the stray ballot-box spider.
Vote for whoever actually helps you keep the farm running—your secret is safe! 🚜🌾

P.S. It’s quite alright to vote differently than your husband/wife/partner. They’ll never know.

I wanted to give you all some relevant info. I see many of the farmers, completely befuddled and taken back at how the second trump presidency has affected them. However he and his cronies were really clear about their plan and intention.

Here is an article from July 2024 from research gate that calls trumps plan a nail in the farmers coffin.

Here is a link to ‘The Hill’ from July 2024 that said trumps plan would lead to chaos.

Trump and the heritage foundation were really clear on their goals and intention. 2025 also laid out their plan to control women’s choices (not just reproductive rights mind you), deport law abiding immigrants, gut our national parks, reduce Medicare and Medicaid, reduce investments in green energy, etc.

None of this was secret. Feel free to spam their feeds with it and keep up the good fight.

https://apple.news/AkSWoy0b7T9KcHu4zPGaRjw

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