This Billionaire Family is Suffocating Rural America
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Just 4 companies control almost all the fertilizer in America. Fertilizer prices have tripled since 1980, farmers are struggling, and it could get even worse. Now the Kochs are planning a billion-dollar merger to drive up prices for farmers-and suffocate rural America-even more.
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Koch had no business talking about poor people being poor when their greediness is costing everyone more
Agree
They're Jews
I have NEVER seen a business merger that lived up to the promise of lowering prices.
that doesn't happen. capitalism sucks
You may see hype, but I've never seen a biz merger with main aim of lowering prices. Rather like I've never seen a couple marry with the main aim to improve the work performance of each. Companies and couples merge for their own reasons. This falls under 'duh'.
Nope, every cent that is earned above the minimum needed for the laborer or producer is going straight to the top.
Shareholders and management.
And why I am so angry at maga bec Trump will accelerate the privatization of everything which will make all the rich POOR
Gotta become a shareholder if you want to matter.
Socialism for the ultra rich and multi-national corporations; capitalism for everyone else.
yet the Fox News viewers keep blaming the Democrats as socialists.
Yep fact
The name Koch has become synonymous with greed
@@porkyfedwellcan’t imagine living life that way
I think about Germany and WWII
Gross
And project 2025
Koch is a major backer of Project 2025 and the take over of the government by billionaires
This is what oligarchy in America looks like.
Yeah, oligarchies are pretty bad, and will likely make America into a fuedal nation filled with serfs within the decade, but at least politicians are fighting wokeness and DEI. That’s the real priority threat
Yeah we are living under one right now who is destroying the Individuals wealth labor private property and liberty while simultaneously cashing in on selling out the US to our adversaries.
This is what learned stupidity does to the fat and lazy poisoned public.
I stopped caring about this farmer the moment he started whining about nitrogen.
If you can not manage your own nitrogen needs on the farm, you are NOT a farmer, I don't know with you are, but you're not a farmer.
Nitrogen. something we all are immersed in every day, 70% of AIR is nitrogen.
The dumbing down of people is the direct result of allowing corporations control every aspect of American life.
gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, but the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way.
Na, it's just capitalism.
Most Americans defend billionaires the same way someone in an abusive relationship defends their abuser. It's ridiculous!
Unfortunately, most of us Americans are dumb AF and I am not trying to exaggerate by saying so. A lot of people were sold on the "trickle down" theory that Regan promoted. I know people that are going to vote for the Orange Jesus because he's going to "protect" their benefits, including social security, medicaid, medicare, etc. I mean, being any dumber and you'll be considered a vegetable.
they think if they kiss ass and pretend like they're rich that itll magically become true
❤
Especially in Iowa.
But they create jobs. RepubliCUNTS should lower their tax rate to 0% so they won't get mad and we'll have no more jobs.
Corporate greed is killing this nation.
Stop the wellfare for the rich. Wealth tax! Pay your fair share.
yes! Subsidies are anti-capitalism. For Capitalism to function, gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, cartels, etc. But the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way. Both sides are bought.
Wealth taxes were tried in Europe; they failed. WHY? Because digital assets can be moved from nation to nation. The top1% of Anerican taxpayers are responsible for 39% of ALL federal income taxes paid each year; the top 20% of American taxpayers are responsible for 80% of ALL federal income taxes paid each year. The bottom 50%? 2.8%. Sweden places the bulk of their taxes on those who use the most government services: the working poor and lower class. Question: WHY are you so greedy? How much in federal income tax did you pay last year? I know what we paid: over $90,000. We are NOT in the top 1%.
@@stevehicks8944 Trump paid $750.00 in 2016 & same in 17. ZERO 15 yrs. Straight before that. How bout you? Sound fair to you ?
@@amycantwell8715They why dont you go to the Bidens, the Obamas, the Clinton's, Soros, Bill Gates, and only focus on Trump? He created Jobs with his businesses, but Obama? Bidens? They dont give their salary to the veterans, they slurp it all, and keep slurping the american tax payers money like soup, so they can give drug and prosti to their sons and then use tax payer money to protect them.
@@amycantwell8715 considering the amount of jobs created yes
Greed has ruined our country, our society, our planet. Greed is the root of all evil, it really is. 😢
YES! Make corporate a dirty name by supporting Biden/Harris and the FTC, et al.
@@kayallen7603 they've had 4 years. They haven't done it yet because they are apart of it. Look at Kennedy. Hear him out.
No, Israeli subversion did this.
😊😊😊😊😊
We live in Technofuedalism
Jesus addressed generosity often (see the Sermon on the Mount) but American churches don't preach about as much anymore.
Get the tax payer to pay for it to be built, then privatize it and keep the profits. This is happening literally everywhere in this country. Socialized cost, privatized gains.
it's how religion operates as well. stealing congregants money to build (crowdfunding) and privatize the ownership and profit.
Actually they are doing it globally too.
the very definition of fascism
#Bigfacts!!!!!!!
Every election cycle... The Dems fund it....Then the Repb give it away to thier Buddies, like KOCH. Dont forget we subsidize the OIL INDUSTRY also....Oil is KOCH'S BIGGEST slice of the pie. They owne the entire vertical chain. Oil is used for fertilizer.
Never satisfied with their billions. Really disgusting this stuff goes on in our country.
This is a Corporation not a country - literally. The United States Inc. Look into it if you haven’t.
Sir or ma'am.. greed happens on every continent, in every country, state, city, town, and village, ON EARTH...AND, IT'S NOT A NEW PHENOMENON...IT BEGAN, FOR US HUMANS, IN THE GARDEN...IN THE BEGINNING...🙏😁✌️
If we don’t support the family farmer, we will die. Our farmers should be praised rather than being beaten up by corporate companies. Corporate America is out of country.
Anti-trust laws exist because we've been through this before. We've had monopolies and a few companies in charge of everything. It led to massive income inequality and a crashed economy a century ago. Corporate consolidation simply doesn't work. Yet here we are again. Making the same mistakes over and over. A hundred years ago it was Carnegie and J.P. Morgan. Now it's the Koch family. We learned it then, but we forgot.
We did not forget. Those in Power, got Paid to look the other way and ignore this.
Reagan got rid of most of those laws and watered down the rest. Glass-Steagall is no more.
Not with this Supreme Court and it will get worse under trump 2
It's not taught in schools.
I learned about it in college
@@tygerchickchibi I learned about it in high school but that was back in the late 90s.
What happened to not being able to have a monopoly in USA. Remember breaking up Bell company?
monopolies are legal. just not illegally obtained. Im all for hating these guys buts important to understand monopolies are legal
@@andrewjames4783 I will have to research it, I thought they were banned from doing it. Guess that explains a lot.
Simple answer:
Ronald Reagan pretty much gutting enforcement of antitrust regulations. And every administration since doing NOTHING to curb the rampant consolidation leading to huge monopolies (or, at best, powerful Duopolies).
@@andrewjames4783 Not quite. See FTC and Anti-Trust laws.
@@amzarnacht6710 except Biden/Harris.
If you are not in the financial market right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation
Same here, I believe the Bitcoin ETFs will be life changing opportunity with my current portfolio of 132k made from my investments with my personal financial advisor I totally agree with you
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She is my family' personal Broker and also a personal Broker to many families in the United states, she is a licensed broker and a FINRA AGENT in the United States.
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She's always active on whats~appp..
What happened to laws on monopolies, public poisoning, crimes against humanity?
For Capitalism to function, gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, cartels, etc. But the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way. Both sides are bought.
it's not a free market when a couple people own it
Kochs' idea of the free market means free to screw you and have no pesky safety regulations.
gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, but the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way.
100%
Explain..?
@@venty20 monopolies are anti-competitive, anti-capitalism. We have laws teh gov is supposed to enforce in order for the free market and capitalism to work properly. But they stopped enforcing such laws.
"Government is picking winners and losers. It's not fair!" 😂 This man has all the money and bought half of Congress, but, yeah, government's picking on him.
Projection. Doublespeak.
They have this list of platitudes and clichés they spout, and the indoctrinated fools eat them up and even repeat them.
@@kelliott7864 Scripted responses. It's like they practiced for every question.
I feel like gaslighting is a major keystone to making modern capitalism work. Make people believe that it's their fault that the system isn't working for them instead of placing blame on the people who broke the system on purpose for their own benefit.
i do not feel bad for these people, they have the resources to make their own damn fertilizer, they just want to throw weight around on capital hill rather than do something progressive.
Everyone needs to start supporting their local farmers in every way possible. I rather buy my food from a farmer than the store. This is horrible
I wonder what party he has consistently voted for, for decades.
It really doesn't matter. The Oligarchs rule regardless of who is in office.
conservative republicans often heavily suggested by their churches
Like the Democrats are any better. They aren't. Stop acting like the shit only stinks on one side of the asshole.
For Capitalism to function, gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, cartels, etc. But the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way. Both sides are bought.
Biden, Clintons, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, George Soros, etc. are all wealthy from this crap. Blackrock is supported by Democrats.
It matters because Republicans are the party that want to rule, they want to be oligarchs @user-zu5do6ri6r
The world is such a sad place filled with greedy people and corporations.
You should visit China and see what they have achieved over the past 80 years, and stop believing the propaganda that you are being fed.
These farmers have the option to get rid of their reliance on fertilizer! Fertilizer is ruining the soil! Put animals back on the land!
This is the One World Government the Democrat Party is bringing to the United States, a Dictatorship.
Oh if Only Americans would Wake up out of their Stupor! Americans are all wearing Blinders following the Democrat Judas Goat to a New Roman Empire on Planet Earth. Dang Americans Wake up and Smell the Rotten Democrat Global Government smell. Wake up, you are being priced into Bankrupt, They control your Food, It is a Global Government Americans.
It's almost like people in power forget the point of civilization. It's not to make yourself as wealthy as possible, it's to make sure humans have good lives and have to fight against the wilds of nature less. These greedy corporate execs think the free market is just wild nature, so they become predators against everyone else.
For Capitalism to function, gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, cartels, etc. But the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way. Both sides are bought.
Tax the billionaire class significantly, they only got there by climbing on the backs of humanity.
better yet, get rid of the idea that a person can make money simply by owning things or inheriting those things.
@@sheepwshotguns42ok commie.
Government help. Globalist funding. Free market can create and destroy anyone unless protected by government
@@sheepwshotguns42So, I shouldnt be able to work hard and pay for a home, and then pass that on to my daughter? The only people that would sign up for that are the ones who don't work, or are already given free housing and welfare.
If we aggressively taxed the wealthy it wouldn't even begin to cover the cost of our hyper expansive military and it would lead to further de-dollarization which would make the average American poorer in the world-scheme. Fix the educational system and get rid of the Mansfield Amendment so that Americans can innovate again and look forward to better outcomes again. Reform universities so they can exist as centers for the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom for its own sake again.
It's the illiterate deplorables that contribute nothing and expect to live a wealthy lifestyle that destroys the American social economy. The billionaires might be evil but they feed us albeit it's Taco Bell and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Voting against your self interest for 50 years will do that, this is conservative politics for the .0001 percent not farmers.
it was the conservative state government that passed the bill to fund the new fertilizer plant. Conservative doesn't have to equal billionaire-loving; not to mention that not everyone is a single-issue voter. Furthermore, you don't even know how the people in this video voted.
@@dodgechance4564 first, it's Iowa pretty safe to say it's solid red. Second what makes you think their Republican reps didn't get it built knowing it was going to be sucked into the Koch orbit of industries.
@@dodgechance4564 So conservatives went against their own beliefs of small govt, no regulations, free market because it was the only fix they could find? Interesting...
@@dodgechance4564they vote republican
Trump tax relief: 1.2 Trillion to the richest and it is still going on. And Trump wants to give more to the top....VOTE Blue.
As a former Koch employee I can say that Charles Koch is flatly wrong about how societies flourish. Yet he is so committed to his extreme views that he’s willing to lie to us, and himself, to accumulate as much wealth as possible.
Not to mention in my area we all had small farmers: 140 acre homesteads, 35 to 40 milk cows, a handfull of beef steers then in the 90s they all got pushed out by consolidation. I would have gone into farming if I hadn't watched everyone either give up on farming or have to get a full time job to support their full time farm. Then shortly after crop rotation seemed to die out in favor of just spray the daylights out of everything. Once that started happening, mutated frogs were everywhere, diversity of bugs fell off a cliff. I moved on and now every time I go back to visit family I don't see anything for birds, bugs, butterflies, bees, etc.
Oh and everyone seems to be dying off to cancer.
That’s the heart of the issue right there👍
My county had more dairy farms than any other county in the United States when I was a kid. I can’t think of a single one left today.😢
@@Diesel4242milk usage drops every year.
How, to "go on..."? Folks, they have CHOSEN. Do you understand, that if they had their way, you would NOT HAVE A CHOICE?? How can "co-existence" EVER APPLY when the "They", is bound to destroy your freedom, and eventually you?? Diplomacy?? Compromise?? Words for Defeat, my good People.
It isn't that Potato-headed POTUS. It's the whole enchilada. The derelict, lawless and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION(i.e., the "Federal Government"), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed" by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders" of the Executive branch, and then blithely overlooked by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded to We, the People, through our State Attorney Generals, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. We can then Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that have seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT JUST "VOTE" YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, "US CITIZENS". That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education". Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness. As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
Democracy, is a garbage word. The closest thing, We have, to freedom, is a Representative Republic. Sadly, those who have been "selected" to serve, in far too many cases, were little more than shills for the Banksters. What needs done,is a return to COMMON LAW which is LAW OF THE LAND. The reason: These PIRATES, who use admiralty law(Ever notice the US Flag with the Gold Fringes), to commit FRAUD against We, the People, who were ONLY EVER TO BE RULED BY COMMON LAW. The Treasonous Tripe, aka the 14th Amendment, LAWLESSLY "created" a new class, the "US CITIZEN", in direct contradiction to what the Constitution had provided. So many "acts" and "amendments", that have GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT CONSTITUTIONAL BACKING, are now considered status quo, that the UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION, IS DE FACTO.
What is it called, when you tell half-truths, or deceptions, and it costs someone else their money?? FRAUD. What is it, when you tell half-truths, or deceptions, and it costs someone else their life? MURDER. Guess what? The UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION(aka, "the Federal Government") is commiting both CRIMES, EVERY DAY. IF WE HAD LAWFUL, CONSTITUTIONAL OATH-BEARING SHERIFFS, WE COULD HAUL EACH AND EVERY OFFICER, OF THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION, WHICH IS CHARTERLESS DUE TO ABUSE OF THE FRANCHISE, INTO COMMON LAW COURT, AND CONVICT THEM ALL, FOR BOTH FRAUD AND TRESPASS.
TRESPASS. These "Officers", of the UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION, need to be hauled into Common Law Courts, and held liable for the Fraud, and Trespass, they have performed, upon State Nationals, of the Geographic location, known as The United States of America. US CITIZENS, are RULED, by the USC, the UCC, and the CFR. Unless you are a physical RESIDENT of Washington, D.C., OR, are a Public Servant, YOU ARE NOT A US CITIZEN, and thank the Maker you aren't, because US CITIZENS, do NOT ENJOY, the Protection of Natural Law Rights, that the Constitution of the United States of America, was Crafted to give.
Bread and Circus?? LEARN YOUR COMMON LAWS, PEOPLE. DEFENSE, IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE WITH MONEY, NEVER WAS. FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN RIGHTS, PRO SE. LEARN YOUR COMMON LAWS....THINK MAGNA CARTA, FOLKS. THINK THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BOTH WRITTEN, IN COMMON(NATURAL) LAW. Few even understand, that LAW, is an acronym, for the Three, Separate Areas of Jurisdiction and Jurisprudence. Land, Air, Water. Land is RULED, by Common Law. "Air", is RULED by Ecclesiastical(Think the Vatican) Law, and Water is RULED, by Admiralty Law. Think of THE OUTRIGHT PIRACY, THAT HAS BEEN COMMITED, EH??
The demise of the small family farm you wrote about was the start of the demise of the nation .
I'm betting all these farmers are supporting the party of less government.
Politicians are liars.
Less government. More monopolies.😂
Which party is that? Last I saw the 2 main parties just keep growing government, even if they claim they don’t want to.
@@chazaqs9109 It is not both sides, republicans ushered in the era of corporate grifting and changed the game and the rules both sides have to play by. Democrat's didn't create the push for deregulation.
@@ts109we just going to pretend Carter didn't exist?
Monsanto has taught corporations very well and they listened !
I’m sick of this shit! And some people call the United States is the greatest country on earth!🤣 Fourth generation farmer here.
Well then vote them out! But farmers won’t.
We are the greatest country on Earth but you aren’t smart enough to realize it
And who is paying for that fertilizer? The American taxpayer, in the form of subsidies via the farm bill.
and us, at the grocery store
and the american taxpayer again by way of higher prices because of the higher CODB 😅i love it
God forbid we spend a little money to help farmers! Yeah, my federal taxes went up a whole half a cent subsidizing fertilizer. We can let the Koch Brothers buy up all the food producers in the country and they can raise our food prices as high as they want.I think paying fo rthe fertilizer is cheaper.
Maybe that's true for some. It wasn't true for most of the small farms locally (Arkansas), where two years ago they had to plant soybeans out of rotation because they couldn't afford fertilizer for rice.
THESE FERTILIZERS HAVE ALSO DESTROYED OUR SOIL..... EVERY YEAR WE USE MORE AND MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE DECIMATED THE MICROBIAL LIFE.... ETC.
It's absolutely insane how these people are able to get away from such blatant piracy
Vote for Biden/Harris then and stop the corporate takeovers.
most of it is turned into meth sadly....Iowa got pimped out sadly....Koch has helped destroy the US and they LOVE IT!!!! thats whats really pathetic...they hire people to make comments like this disappear just like they purposely did with mom and pops farms... KOCH HATES AMERICA!!!!
Agreed! These hard working farmers have to contend with bad weather conditions, sick animals and their own health issues. They deserve to make a decent living.
@@TinnyDee lol
They own the Supreme Cult Court 😮
And yet the VAST majority of these farmers will vote for DJT. I despise Koch, but these farmers need to wake the hell up and leave the cult. They are smart business people and need to start acting like it.
And what will the democrats do for them? Fix prices? They might get lower prices, but they won't have enough. Farmers complain. It's what they do. In the meantime, the man in this film is using a $175,000 tractor. He's not starving. In fact, farmers (especially IA farmers) make many multiples of average family income in the US.
Yup. Trump helping China everyday. Heritage foundation is funded by China
The Koch contributions will buy them whatever they wish, if the State legislature and the FTC try to stop them, they'll go to court. The current Supreme Court will support the Koch family if they just show their appreciation afterwards (call it a gratuity) with a nice RV or a luxury vacation on a private yacht
so true.
Billionaires are predators... Companies, businesses, even small ones, are predatory.
They also pray on abducted children for sex like Epstein island. 😢
capitalism sucks.
So am I. So are you. Be honest.
@@edhuber3557 There's a big difference between offering a product or service at a reasonable price vs. consolidating one industry to jack up the prices.
Typed on your iPhone on your internet provider in your home with air conditioning and running water. Sure, companies are the problem 😂
It ceases to amaze me how every time we discuss corporate greed, every statement begins with “starting in the 1980s”, and the kicker is that most farmers worshipped and voted for the man who ushered in their own demise, Reagan. It always go back to him. He truly destroyed the prospect of prosperity for the average American with his “reaganomics”.
it's because conservatives have positioned themselves as the defenders of "Freedom". Even though we lose more freedoms under republican leadership than we do democratic leadership. The entities that enjoy "freedom" under republican leadership are corporations. Deregulation = freedom for corporations. That freedom comes at the expense of the population and environment.
If you "love america" you must vote republican. It's a constant talking point in conservative media in the united states. Liberals and democrats "hate america" and want to change "the american way of life". It's all nonsense to scare you into voting against your own best interests.
I always have such a hard time watching when they do these kinds of more rural videos. It always looks like it's full of the type of people who voted for the exact people who are making their lives hell, will probably continue to vote that way, and then blame the government during the swings. How many people in that listening room are going to vote for Trump....
Reagan was a turncoat, a traitor. A puppet for the shadow group.
@@zanebartlett8004 amen to that!
@@zanebartlett8004 remember they call a county, district, state on who wins and color it redor blue.
In reality red areas are covering up blue votes and vice versa.
There are places of high concentration for one party or another, doesn't mean they have everyone swindled.
ALL OF THE CORPORATIONS in America are doing this.
Yet, rural America keeps electing people that make this happen.
Ain't that the truth.
Well, they understand why they need their government when they're screwed by corporations. Thankfully they're fighting back and for their government to represent them instead of just bitching about government and chaining its hands. One way or another rural Americans will wake up.
It's more complicated than that. Both of the legacy parties are compromised.
god and flag and hate are powerful
@@kentallard8852 you've never been to the country, have you? 99% nice people.
I agree with Charles Koch. In fact, I think we should let him and other rich people run the whole country, not just the markets. Oh wait, we're already doing that. Never mind.
You ain't seen nothing yet Bob, wait til the return of Mr. Trump and his cabinet of the "best people."
We'll all miss Mr. Biden's best people & especially Ms. Lena Khan. If she's gone this time next year, so will what's left of consumer protections... probably forever!
Project 2025 is going to be one *HELL* of a rude awakening for "the sleepers". Unfortunately, there isn't any way to stop it anymore. Fascism is now inevitable. You can use whatever metaphor, movie scenario, or other doomsday prophecy to fill in the blanks, but a major portion of them are already here. Chump is only the *BEGINNING*, too. He's fairly tame when you get down to it. Nowhere near as ruthless and broken as folks like XiXiPi, Puton, Shenko, Bolsanerdo, the Iranian Triads, etc. But he's the TURNKEY TURKEY. Now that the door's open... well... it's over.
🚨🇺🇸🗳️💙✊🇺🇸🚜💪
Biden/Harris 2024 and dems down ballot
@@l.a.watkins206 Please send me a sample of what you are taking I also would like to try an outer body experience . Are the delusions real in your mind ?
@@peterkohm9742 An out of body experience, with who Stormy.
Yes, for $130,000 you can have one
There has been a steady shakedown of the American public going on since at least the 1980s.
Started with Reagan and his tax cuts for the wealthy and embrace of Falwell...
Yes! That's when our Republicans setup their propaganda machine, FOX.
Most things can be traced by to Reagan...
@@anthonyrowland9072this country diesels long before Reagan took office
@@anthonyrowland9072 my thoughts exactly! i cant believe that so many people fell for that scumbag scammer 😢
I have to ask how these Iowa farmers vote? Do they vote for a party that the Koch Brothers finance?
Voting is irrelevant. You need to quit pretending.
@@user-zu5do6ri6r Excuse me voting is irrelevant. Wake up and smell the roses.
It was under the Republican President Ronald Reagan that corporations were told they existed for one purpose. To make money for their shareholders. Marking the destruction of the middle class
@@user-zu5do6ri6ryou need to see who the Koch family supports. You are trying to pretend being blind. You keep making excuses for the bad actors.
For Capitalism to function, gov is supposed to step in and break up monopolies, cartels, etc. But the corporations bribe the gov to look the other way. both sides are bought.
Biden, Clintons, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, George Soros, etc. are all wealthy from this crap. Blackrock is supported by Democrats.
Both capitalist parties are enemies of the working class.
Was that Lisa Khan meeting directly with the farmers? Wow, good on her. Hope those rural voters see what administration she's from and vote accordingly in November to keep her there.
This didn’t accidentally happen. This was planned and orchestrated for exactly this outcome. I am so glad you are shining the light into the very dark corners of our realm.
😂
I live in Georgia I think this a big deal. I stand with the farmers!
Who do you vote for?
THESE FERTILIZERS HAVE ALSO DESTROYED OUR SOIL..... EVERY YEAR WE USE MORE AND MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE DECIMATED THE MICROBIAL LIFE.... ETC.
Vote Democrat. They're the only ones going after corporations for these things. Republicans want deregulation. Biden has been pretty aggressive when it comes to going after corporations in ways that really benefit everyday americans.
@@RBzee112 He's Wight Ring, so you know who he's voting for.
@@RBzee112exactly,I can hear them TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP
Farmers need to start using natural fertilizer- cow manure- chicken manure- cheaper and healthier alternatives. Mr. Saletin could teach all big farmers a thing or two.
If you need grants to cover expenses or do something new in life - but you're struggling to get them on your own...
The Koch brothers are among the worst people this country has ever seen and we're going to be dealing with the damages they've caused for years. Greed is destructive.
Only one left...
The Kochs want no income tax, no public education, almost no regulations at all.
Almost half of corn is used for ethanol production. Stop government subsidies of ethanol and fertilizer prices will fall to historic lows . . .
We'll be dealing with their aftermath for generations.
Americans are their own worst enemies, stop drinking the cool aid and believing everything the government and the rich tell you, politicians and capitalists are all lairs and thieves.
I'm curious of who the farmers voted for in the most recent elections...
Why would that matter. Our elections are rigged.
Same.
The Koch brothers
and they'll vote that way again in the upcoming one
Let’s see rural America votes for the party that the koch family supports. When are people going to wake up?
Let's see...urban America taxes rural America into poverty to pay for urban America's stupidity, votes for the uniparty that is ruining the prosperity that was handed down to it, and thinks it's rural America that needs to change. When is *urban* America going to pull its head out of its ass?
Money is all that matters in the US. Nothing else matters. Not Ethics. Not Morals. Not Social Good. Just Money.
Vote
@@RochelleLang cuz voting is currently working out splendidly and has always been purely okay
@@sarahhaley7458 you loose 100% of the shots you don’t take
@@RochelleLang if you don’t like Republicans or Democrats , you lose 100% of the time and watch better men lose to popular opinion- that people actually voted for instead of that Brain surgeon or Sanders or...and not many swing states- even if they brought back Wang for Prez...and that’s what voting currently is good for ... McDonalds or Burger King ?.. doesn’t matter- back to frying burgers - they’re that popular
@@RochelleLang Who can you vote for? Your only options are among greedy millionaires.
This is what happens after fifty years of tax breaks for corporations and individuals who didn't need them. This is what happens when capital is allowed its way and every time it becomes so full of itself it attempts to take over the very government that allowed it to flourish.
No, this is what happens when politicians are bought off, are able to stay in office for a lifetime, doling out a few freebies to make people that don’t want to read for information, happy and compliant. This is what happens when people listen to the nonsense that the mainstream media puts out . They brainwashed people into believing that taxes are a good thing. Taxes hurt everyone, not just the rich. If everyone read for information, how to invest, how to save, how money works, the values and beliefs of the poor that keep them poor. Information informs you how corrupt our government is. By the way, you do not want a democracy, you will loose your rights under the administration state. We are a constitutional republic.
You mean 50 years of tax breaks and ethanol mandates for corn farmers causing huge consolidation, eliminating other crops that don't need all that anhydrous??
Anhydrus what?
Is it time to address education, yet? Surely Mr. Koch has no "needs"? What motivates this stupidity other than the "will to power"?
I wonder when these farmers will pull their heads out of their asses and realize that this stuff is killing more than helping to grow... unreal if they just study a little about regenerative farming they dont have to let these companoes screw em over
Corporations own the government, federal and state. Government MUST be cleaned up.
That'll never happen, but at least you're aware of who owns everything. The WEALTHIEST are always the healthiest. They call all of the shots, and anyone who stands in their way will be CRUSHED. Not only financially, but socially, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, etc. They will *OWN* any resistance. That's what power is all about, baby! ;) He who has the most ",000"s at the end of their checks always, always, ALWAYS wins. No exceptions.
We have to stop being afraid of REGULATIONS AND TAXING THE RICH!! It works everywhere else in the world!
...which can ONLY happen with a revolution.
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Why not 'clean' the main cause? Too shy..?
The common “american” is dispensable ask congress and the supreme courts. You have to be a corporation to be human to them.
The workers should take control of the means of production, so that they and not the billionaires can become rich..
These old farmers need to just pull themselves up their bootstraps and work harder!
😂😂😂😂
And people go nuts when socialized medical care is mentioned
The problem is that we subsidize farmers instead of fixing prices.
Tax payer money is being funneled into corporate welfare.
Indeed. We have to help farmers switch to small scale regenerative farming for local and regional consumption and away from input heavy monocrops destined for industrial processed food products.
Once again, the subsidies is to help you the non-farmer, not me the farmer.
@@christopho3255 what you need to do is leave farming to those that actually farm, I'm too tired of non-farmers trying to tell me how to run my life to better fit their ideology, leave us alone. We tell the government the same thing too.
@@Zero01k Rice farmers around here, can get 100K for a certain amount of land they dont grow rice on. They split their farm up amongst family so each gets that subsidy to go along with rice they do grow. It seems to work out great.
Granted 100K isnt even money anymore, but its better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
@@Zero01k Why the bad attitude?
Mr Koch, you bought all the competition… the American people have seen this type of company growth for a really long time now.
You cannot defeat someone or something which has more coin, connections, crews, clout, computer code, control, corporate communities, and opulent opportunities than you. It's just a statistical fact. Health is wealth; might is right. No exceptions.
yet ... these RUBES will probably still vote RED.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat We have a second amendment for exactly that.
@@ChrstphrChnchlexactly!
Absolutely!
Welcome to “stakeholder” capitalism
A lot of these farmers are also millionaires… the largest acre fields and heavy machinery costs anywhere from 150k-700k. They are upper middle class at LEAST!
Corporate consolidation is harmful to American farmers for this exact reason, but the agricultural practices that we have been employing are harming them as well. High reliance on costly inputs such as farming equipment, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, to make a subsidized cash crop that gets sent over seas or wasted, all while expending our nutrient soils and polluting our waterways. Coupled with mass urban development and destruction of farm lands that will never be productive again. While corporations profit at every level of the supply chain, leaving regular taxpayers and farmers with the bill. It is insanity, we need a fundamental change in our agrarian practices.
we need to get rid of capitalism
@@drakekoefoed1642 I would not call what is going on capitalism.
Unfortunately, these harmful chemical fertilizers are causing a record dead zone in the gulf of mexico, while 20% of the corn grown in the U.S. is sent overseas, mostly to feed chinese hogs, and another 40% is unnecessarily converted to ethanol.
Grandparents Koch, were literally raised by a Nazi, nanny! She left them to serve the party of Hitler!😅
Koch corporation was known for dumping massive amounts of toxic chemicals, and telling the EPA, to go fudge themselves, lawyering up constantly!😱🤮
bought drugs for your plant and now are angry you drug dealer don t care about you find another type of crops where you don t lose 40% of your profit ...
Unnecessarily??
Ethanol is a cleaner fuel source, then pure gas. If anything they need to mandate, more ethanol mixtures. If you took ethanol away, corn would dropped up under two bucks a bushel. It would completely crash the farming industry.
We over produce as is, one day in the future it will be a good thing we have so much farm land in the US but right now we could let 20mil acres of corn sit and everyone would be happier.
@@dakodaarmstrong98 corn is like a corpse on life support even with every scheme you still don t make money it is time to switch to a model that is alive on his own ...
@@jessicalacasse6205 yea but what is that and what does it look like
Dear Farmer, you said you wanted a life jacket. The correct term is justice. Plain and simple.
I do think that this merger should be blocked. However, cheap fertilizer reduces the need for efficiency and improved farming practices. Dumping tons of synthetic fertilizer on ag land results in many different forms of environmental damage.
Also 5:39 Mr. Koch, that's not the government, that's you. You do that. Literally all of that. Pick yourself as winner, kill competition and innovation, and keep the poor, poor. Are you kidding me? He couldn't even keep a straight face when he said it.
Every accusation is a confession.
I was hoping that someone else caught that.
😂Right????
I thought I was the only one who picked up on it.
He is mad cuz he struggled with the ladies in high school
How, to "go on..."? Folks, they have CHOSEN. Do you understand, that if they had their way, you would NOT HAVE A CHOICE?? How can "co-existence" EVER APPLY when the "They", is bound to destroy your freedom, and eventually you?? Diplomacy?? Compromise?? Words for Defeat, my good People.
It isn't that Potato-headed POTUS. It's the whole enchilada. The derelict, lawless and renegade FRANCHISE, known as THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION(i.e., the "Federal Government"), must be served Writs, of Mandamus, and Quo Warranto. It is a standing testament, to the treasonous capacities of compromised men. Lawless Act, after Lawless Act, "passed" by past Traitorous iterations of "Congress", buttressed by the lawless "Executive Orders" of the Executive branch, and then blithely overlooked by a supposed "Supreme Court". The entire Franchise, has abused the Constitutional Contracts of the Franchise, and must be remanded to We, the People, through our State Attorney Generals, who have the standing to file these Writs. Period. We can then Vote new "leaders" into position, to begin repealing decades of despotic "legislation", that have seized control of the "free market", early, and often.
YOU WILL NOT JUST "VOTE" YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS, "US CITIZENS". That you call yourselves "US CItizens", shows how much damage was done by the allowance of the formation of the Rockefeller-controlled "Department of Education". Clueless Nation, led by those who bear false witness. As Yahweh Elohim stated: "My people are destroyed, for lack of knowledge.."
Democracy, is a garbage word. The closest thing, We have, to freedom, is a Representative Republic. Sadly, those who have been "selected" to serve, in far too many cases, were little more than shills for the Banksters. What needs done,is a return to COMMON LAW which is LAW OF THE LAND. The reason: These PIRATES, who use admiralty law(Ever notice the US Flag with the Gold Fringes), to commit FRAUD against We, the People, who were ONLY EVER TO BE RULED BY COMMON LAW. The Treasonous Tripe, aka the 14th Amendment, LAWLESSLY "created" a new class, the "US CITIZEN", in direct contradiction to what the Constitution had provided. So many "acts" and "amendments", that have GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT CONSTITUTIONAL BACKING, are now considered status quo, that the UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION, IS DE FACTO.
What is it called, when you tell half-truths, or deceptions, and it costs someone else their money?? FRAUD. What is it, when you tell half-truths, or deceptions, and it costs someone else their life? MURDER. Guess what? The UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION(aka, "the Federal Government") is commiting both CRIMES, EVERY DAY. IF WE HAD LAWFUL, CONSTITUTIONAL OATH-BEARING SHERIFFS, WE COULD HAUL EACH AND EVERY OFFICER, OF THE UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION, WHICH IS CHARTERLESS DUE TO ABUSE OF THE FRANCHISE, INTO COMMON LAW COURT, AND CONVICT THEM ALL, FOR BOTH FRAUD AND TRESPASS.
TRESPASS. These "Officers", of the UNITED STATES SERVICE CORPORATION, need to be hauled into Common Law Courts, and held liable for the Fraud, and Trespass, they have performed, upon State Nationals, of the Geographic location, known as The United States of America. US CITIZENS, are RULED, by the USC, the UCC, and the CFR. Unless you are a physical RESIDENT of Washington, D.C., OR, are a Public Servant, YOU ARE NOT A US CITIZEN, and thank the Maker you aren't, because US CITIZENS, do NOT ENJOY, the Protection of Natural Law Rights, that the Constitution of the United States of America, was Crafted to give.
Bread and Circus?? LEARN YOUR COMMON LAWS, PEOPLE. DEFENSE, IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE WITH MONEY, NEVER WAS. FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN RIGHTS, PRO SE. LEARN YOUR COMMON LAWS....THINK MAGNA CARTA, FOLKS. THINK THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BOTH WRITTEN, IN COMMON(NATURAL) LAW. Few even understand, that LAW, is an acronym, for the Three, Separate Areas of Jurisdiction and Jurisprudence. Land, Air, Water. Land is RULED, by Common Law. "Air", is RULED by Ecclesiastical(Think the Vatican) Law, and Water is RULED, by Admiralty Law. Think of THE OUTRIGHT PIRACY, THAT HAS BEEN COMMITED, EH??
I wonder how many of these farmers realize kock brothers donate to republicans, that allow them to do this.
It’s common knowledge
Republicans, democrats, there’s no difference. They donate to the republicans because they are the ones elected. They donate to the democrats where they are elected. It’s about bribing absolutely everyone. The bribery is the problem, not the packaging.
This is a long play game. Billionaires are buying up large amounts of acreage. Eventually, they'll make most (if not all)farms corporate. Then they'll control the food supply, and things will get real ugly.
Thats why I grow a garden and taught myself to can what I grow. I don't trust the food supply any longer.
@nancywhitaker5096 good for you. I think that would be a smart approach to days coming.
Does everyone know that the Koch family at one time owned Purina Feed and then filed bankruptcy. Purina is now owned by Land Of Lakes.
At least Land O Lakes is in Minnesota.
YOU DON'T NEED THEIR CHEMICALS!
Regenerative ag is win all around, for the land, the farmer, and the consumer.
If it was so effective or easy, many would be adopting regenerative farming.
We are talking cash crop monocultures. Not enough resources, time , or results for this.
It is a pie in the sky for grain farmers.
@@serafinacosta7118
Will regenerative agriculture feed us at the rate we need to be fed or is it an eco-elitist hobby to glorify traditional culture?
Serious question
I’d like to know
@@serafinacosta7118 PLEASE go look up some Gabe Brown videos. Regenerative ag can be done anywhere and on as many acres as you've got.
Monocultures strip the soil of nutrients. It's going the way of the dinosaurs because of it. Whereas Regenerative ag is sweeping the globe.
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@@robertunderwood1011. I think that if the subsidies which exist for the current agrochemical system was flipped to encourage regenerative farming- ( the scales were equal) I believe it would work. But sadly it’s a David vs. Goliath equation- so that sustainable systems are not favoured over the current unstable system. We would certainly need more farmers, more labor, but if it was honest work for honest pay and better results for our society, what’s the question?
In '88-'89 I worked for this company. Our terminal put out news letters of the owners on vacation, etc. I quit when my boss asked me if the company came 1st or my family. When I said my family came 1st I was told I wouldn't last long there. I took that to heart!
This is happening in all industries of the US: Food, internet, real estate phone service. Its insane, antitrust laws need to be revised and monopolies broken apart to bring back a competitive marketplace.
I dont always agree with the solutions presented by the channel, but i always appreciate the highlighting of important issues that affect EVERYONE. Our desire should be a more perfect union, always!
Capitalism at its finest!
No clearly fixed socialism is what this is.
*Сrony capitalism
This isnt capitalism this is corprate fascism.We need to have antitrust laws that are enforced and no lobbying otherwise its he who has the gold rules
Capitalism is fine but an oligarchy (paid for by the people) is not !
Not capitalism. The fundamental concept of capitalism is competition, which Koch hates.
So my question is …. They want to purchase this company that the Tax payer owns….. how much money does the Tax Payer get of the 3.6 billion ? … after all they paid for the plant !
Pretty sure that it is like most taxpayer funded corporations. They're going to only get the bill. Subsidized profits and socialized risks.
More Perfect Union didn't mention the company that took taxpayer's money and then are selling the company to Koch Industries.
Grandparents Koch, were literally raised by a Nazi, nanny! She left them to serve the party of Hitler!😅
Koch corporation was known for dumping massive amounts of toxic chemicals, and telling the EPA, to go fudge themselves, lawyering up constantly!😱💸🤮
Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think the taxpayer owns it. That's communism lol. I'm pretty sure they said the taxpayers subsidized it to court some company to build the plant there. Like how the Chips and Sciences act gives massive subsidies to chip makers to build plants in the US. Taxpayers don't own the plants, we just pay for 30% or 50% or whatever amount is agreed to to build it or waive taxes on it for 10 years.
Im a Brit but find this legalised price gouging for US citizens horrendous, this is the result of lobbyist pressure for deregulation,very sad,unfortunately our political system was going the same way.i.e. twisted by the power of lobbying and untraceable money behind it. With any luck our new govt wil push back on corperate greed,you only need to look at our river polution problems since the privatisation of water companys that were origionaly paid for by local govt tax funding.Criminal how much money has been taken out of these now privatowned companies via dividends and obscene bonuses and remunerations for management while the victorian infrastructures are left woefully neglected.
This is what you voted for! Years of voting for the GOP and what has it gotten you?
Too much money to be made by creating concentrated industry. Food, fuel, fertilizer of defense industry, all have consolidated companies and power for decades. Now they own our politicians. No way this sale gets stopped in the long run. Too much money to be made.
Uh, our politicians have been legally sold since 1912. None of this is new.
MAGA and the GOP at work. This is what unrestricted capitalism brings.
@@makshima8545 Actually there’s a growing antipathy in the MAGA camp towards big business and the billionaire class. It’s definitely distinct from the GOP. The GOP is attempting to make it go away by faking the funk during fundraising time, but I’ve been blown away by the number of folks in the MAGA side who eat organic, raise their own food, homestead, and live with a relatively small waste footprint. Not everyone sure, but it’s a real trend.
(I’m not Republican or MAGA or Democrat, I kind of carry a weird grab bag of views and generally get along with almost anyone)
100 Percent
Hmm, shall we check which party the overwhelming majority of Fortune 100 CEO's are donating to. Nah, facts would be too inconvenient.
How is Kochmunism capitalism? No family in American history has received more US taxpayer dollars in subsidies, tax deferrals and favors.
No, fossil corporate socialism built this oligopoly, and the Iowa plan short-sightedly keeps cheaper, better alternatives off the Market, throwing an obstacle into the path of biochar and biofertilizers.
Just wait til the republicons institute project 2025!
It’s all greed as a born and raised in Iowa I say block this sale
Keeping the rich rich and the poor poor. That's what life is about. Let's face it out bosses and companies would rather not pay us at all.
It’s the same thing in just about every industry. The company I work for completely polluted a local river and charged all of the cleanup to the customers. And the Carolinas let them. I can only hope that these politicians, consultants, and top shareholders are the first people that get their doors knocked down when the people unite.
Every family has the right to own a home, grow their own food, and to share in the profits made by their employer, or/and to operate their own small business if they choose to do so.
bolshevik! good for you. capitalism fails everywhere it's tried.
This is America. Nobody has rights.
Everything is a monopoly now and needs to change.
You can thank Reagan. Conservatives love to tout this mythical "deregulation will benefit you" narrative even though we've seen how it plays out a bunch of times. American Republicans either know they're lying to you or they buy the lie until it bites them(like these farmers).
Everyone should be equal, not a few rich and everyone else poor.
Why should the property be treated the same as the masters?
How many times did these farmers elect Koch-supported candidates???
Talk about a classic "Conflict of Interest!"
Lina Khan’s appointment to the FTC is one of Biden’s greatest choices
I'm glad you made this video, it reminds me of my transformation from a nobody to good home, honest wife, $75k biweekly and a good daughter full of love ❤️
I'm inspired.
Please spill some sugar about the biweekly stuff you mentioned
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I started with a miserly $1500. The results have been mind blowing I must say TBH
Time to make handshake deals with the local cattle farms and go back to the way it was.
I thought we passed laws against monopoly's back when the Rockefellers did it with standard oil?
Every industry, every market, over and over, the story is always the damn same. Resources flow into the hands of the few, the rest of us are lied to. Lots of talk and little change.
I love Rob Sand. The guy knows his job and always advocates for people. He's got the highest approval rating of any Iowa statewide official for a reason. His social media is awesome too.
The financial slogan for all big rich corporations is to MAXIMIZE PROFITS.
Two things come to mind:
Corporations are strip mining the middle class and the taxpayers (same thing) for the benefit of the richest
Farmers are putting down so much excess fertilizer it’s going down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and creating a 4000 square mile dead zone of zero oxygen waters.
Both problems need to be addressed
I will say in a sad way this was always gonna happen. The over dependence on fertilizer comes from overworking the land. That comes from an over dependence on a capitalist economy. A farmer feeds a village, not a nation. Without revolutionizing farm towns and towns around them, big companies were always gonna rob this land. They found an island full of prey
Keep voting for republicans and you'll keep the Koch brothers alive and well. Good job.
Doesn't matter who you vote for, they are all crooked & got the system rigged in their favor
Doesn't matter who, right or left all are crooked
@@MeRia035Koch is a Republican 😂
The farmers should collectively seize the means of production!
This world needs a reckoning…. The balance is off big time.
Best American Way. It's free markets for them not you
Farmers buy retail and sell wholesale.
The ad that ran prior to this video is from Americans for Prosperity. The Koch brothers are the money behind Americans for Prosperity.
Um, you realize David died in 2019? That was 5 years ago.
Thanks for pointing that out Mr. Obvious. Koch BROTHER, Charles Koch and his dead brother's money are behind Americans for Prosperity.
If we could organize a gofundme to support these farmers for 1 season and have them NOT plant we might see these corps get rattled.
No way should a plant built with taxpayer money be sold to a multibillion dollar company. Especially when it was built as competition for the company buying. Gotta wonder what the heck is going on.
Instead of tax breaks, the state should have invested the money into a public fertilizer operation.
Because to many Americans think that’s communism which it isn’t
Why wasnt a clause put in the contract to block any sale because public dollars were uses to build it?
When we had horses, we had plenty of organic fertilizer, and that ain't no horse shit.
state owned oil company drills on public land and makes fertilizer and the people own it all. koch goes away.
So it can be run like the post office?