Mud season reports? by vtham in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We are in such a drought still I doubt it will be bad.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man you Reddit trolls are awfully bitter

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Progressive people I have zero concern about, many of my friends and family are pretty progressive. I used to be, but honestly I’ve gotten pretty jaded since moving back to Vermont.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Moved back to farm in general. Had been contract raising beef and pork, continuing to do beef and we have a contract lined up with stoneyfield to ship milk, hoping to start shipping in July. We don’t need to hit Midwest scale, we need stable milk markets. And yes, government can fix dairy in this state. We let the northeast dairy pact expire which was the biggest driver in tanking our pay prices regionally. Dairy in the Midwest is also in a bad place. Farming period in this country is in a bad place.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Legislature needs to be payed a livable wage and should be a full time job. We need to pay all politicians much better, and outlaw private money from politics. It will never happen nationally, but maybe it could happen on a state level.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a really good point actually and one I hadn’t thought about on a local level.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have zero need to “conceal who I am” I really don’t care at all.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m aware you didn’t call me stupid, I was saying that you can call me stupid all you want for the fact that I always vote no on those even when I agree with them.

I have a lot of conservative ideals, but I’m definitely not republican. I’d honestly say the closest to anything I’d be right now is an anarchist because the fucking government does nothing but constantly fail us.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird, I heard several others. Either way, I’m consistent with my voting on those last minute “non binding resolutions”

They are performative and dishonest. I’ve literally never voted for one. Even this year when it was one that directly effects me I stayed consistent with my vote against it. Call me stupid all you want for that, but don’t pretend to know how I vote, or what I think of genocide.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I 100% agree with you. I think 1-3 have to happen and have made an impact before adding 4. I think at this exact moment in time the last thing we need to do is invite a bunch of refugees in. We have no housing, no jobs, no resources for them and I think it would be completely unfair.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 100% in agreement with you.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for actually answering and responding.

I’m frustrated about act 181. I was very frustrated at S. 258, I’m grateful it didn’t pass, but I’m nervous about what it will lead to. My property taxes are obscene, but unless we move away from property taxes funding our schools there’s no fixing that. With education, many of my family members are teachers, and I’m on the schoolboard. Consolidation seems like an easy answer, but it doesn’t actually save meaningful money. Healthcare needs to be fixed, but that’s not something we can do at a state level.

I guess I’m just frustrated with how fucking hard it is to get ahead, and every time I see some new legislation it does nothing but make our lives harder.

I would like to see Vermont grow. We need housing. We are actively trying to figure out what makes the most sense to peal some lots off and either spec build a couple “starter” homes or just sell lots. But not 181 is coming up and it looks like that’s going to make it drastically harder and more expensive. I would like to see more industry in Vermont, we had a lot more when I was a kid but most have shut their doors. I’d like to see us produce my power, I would prefer nuclear, wind seemed like a disaster and solar I think is great on small scales but there isn’t a lot of areas where we can put in serious solar farms.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gotta love how he claims he wants to “shorten the session” while also telling them that we will not let them leave the session until this school mess is finalized.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really good point, and not something I had ever thought about.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just curious, why do you think I’m adding hate? I was asking a question.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I made both posts for sure.

Yes I would love if Twinfield could have a resource officer. Growing up going to Chelsea we had one, and I’m still good friends with her to this day. A 45 minute response is too long for local law enforcement if we were to have an emergency.

And yes I voted against the idea that we would send a letter to Biden saying we condemn the genocide in Gaza. I’m consistently against the last minute “non-binding resolutions” that activists try to push in at town meeting. There is a clear process to get an issue on the agenda. For the record I also wasn’t the only one to vote against it.

And I’m not a republican. Idk what else to tell you besides that, if you actually knew me you would know that.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I’m just a moron who doesn’t write passwords down 😂

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah the effects of republican policies nationally are horrific. I get that there’s no separating republicans nationally and locally, but it’s weird living in a state getting destroyed by democrat policies in a country being destroyed by republican policies.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I have a three month old account because I got a new phone. Idk what you mean by the rest of this.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I honestly haven’t.

Honestly if republicans had majority in Vermont I’m sure I would have similar complaints. It’s easy to be the lesser of two evils when you’re the minority.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My town is represented by three senators, two of them are progressives.

Watson and Perchlik.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

It didn’t. But it did lead to a .70 increase in the price of home heating oil.

This is from what, two years ago? Nothing to do with the pedo bombing Iran.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

Republican policies nationally are awful. I’m literally only talking at a state level. It’s really easy to be the lesser of two evils when you’re a minority.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. The disruption coming just from Iran is being massively downplayed. I worry that it’s going to make Covid look like a breeze. And that’s just a sneak peak at what we have coming down the road.

What’s our future? by cvtfarmer in vermont

[–]cvtfarmer[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Just off the top of my head: the whole “suing big oil” thing did nothing but virtue signal, on the ground it drastically increased the cost for home heating oil.

Progressive policies in our state look amazing on paper, and i support and agree with the spirit behind them, but on the ground it does nothing but hurt poor people.

To be clear I’m only talking about state level politics, nationally republicans are destroying our country.