That's a bunch of bahooey. Look at all the garbage, uh.. make that "stuff", people have now compared to those of us living in 1970. The cell phones, computers, sleek cars and big trucks, tvs and their service providers, expensive tennis shoes, tattoos, concerts, stylized t-shirts, college educations, manicures, pedicures, hair processes, piercings, dining out and so much more. If you can show me those who live now like we did in 1970, then we're comparing apples to apples.

Well then, we can certainly infer from this isolated anecdote that farmerS everywhere are offing themselves.

I agree. Small farmers are already going out of business.......and killing themselves!

Why? We now have charity services for everyone. Get in line and get your free bookbag filled with supplies. And come fall, there will be a clothing drive for thousands of new or barely used jackets, gloves and hats. It's a joke at this point and we have many who won't do for themselves. That is what should make you unhappy, capable people learning not to work. Do some need those services? Absolutely, but my guess would be 80% of them do not.

In which country? I know more small farmers than you'll ever know and they're not going anywhere, life is good.

I knew that I would be asked that. I erased the story after I read it - sorry. I believe that it was written by the Head of a Small Farmers Group. I just read it today, so it should be easy to find. Try Googling small farmers.

Please look it up. What possible motivation would I have to lie about it?

People are people. Each generation wants to show its '"COLORS" and be different than the past generation. Certainly there is change (and happening quicker) - long hair, short hair, beards, short dresses, and long dresses. Styles come and go. Changes and invention are happening EVER more and more quickly. Hard to keep up.

Fed Chair Only Has One Vote
 

You can replace the Fed chairman, but he or she still has only one vote on the board of 12 members. The chairman or woman merely announces the vote by the Fed to either raise , maintain or lower rates. No chairman has ever gone around the wishes and votes of the Fed. They are mostly the spokesperson for the group.

Where some get their misinformation about the Fed is beyond me.

We're talking about how they are spending their money vs how we had to spend ours, finances not fashion..

It has always been an issue. Heck, when you work hard day after day to help feed America with unpredictable circumstances such as weather, commodity prices, etc. expenses and you see some fat cat sitting in front of his computer making a killing in the market, it can be depressing. That said, it's always been an issue due to many factors. I remember years ago a wonderful, very kind, decent farmer who committed suicide in his 40's and his farm was thriving. There is an isolation and lack of social services to farmers that doesn't help with the problem. I do know the problem can't be assigned to this day in time alone.

Yet here we are 250 years later

The Fed needs to lower rates
 

There should be an independent agency, but noticed they lowered interest rates three times last year when the inflation was worse.
This year , they refused to lower them at all.
If they lower them even a quarter percent housing sales will skyrocket and the economy will be better off. That's simple economics 101.

Interest rates
 

My girlfriend bought her house here in February 2022 and paid 3% interest rate. I bought my house eight months later and my interest rate would've been 8%.!!! go ahead and tell me there's not a problem.🤷🏼*♂️🤷🏼*♂️
We did not have that kind of a crazy inflation in eight months.
So tell me why? I believe most of us know.
Fortunately I was able to pay cash for my house.

You're the one who made the wild assertion, so it's on you to provide a link supporting the statement. Not our responsibility. There is a history feature in your browser if that helps.