This represents a loss of almost 5 million farms since 1935.
Family farms, exhibiting self-sufficiency, are the foundation of our rural communities. It's a big problem.
Free No Farms No Food Sticker from the Farmland Trust.
Posted on 02/26/2017 6:03:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Connecticut residents are fleeing in large numbers to escape their state government. It’s known to locals as the Connecticut Exodus. The once-beautiful state has been leveled by an abusive Democratic-majority government.
Even the few Republicans actually holding office would be considered Democrats in other regions of the country. It’s called the bluest state in the nation, and I think it would be hard to argue it isn’t the California of the east — minus the jobs, companies, good weather and innovation, of course.
Outsiders think of Connecticut as a rich state in the northeast; many don’t know that they have some of the most dangerous cities in the country. You can’t go out at night in many areas — even in the vicinity of Ivy League school Yale — without risking being murdered or raped. Doctors have been attacked, maimed trying to get to work at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Nobody is safe.
Bridgeport — Connecticut’s largest city — was at one time the murder capitol of New England. The state will be cited by many Republicans in the future as what happens when far-left Democrats are in power for too long. Many areas look like they could be within the city-limits of Detroit.
Governor Malloy single-handedly destroyed Connecticut. When he was first elected, he thanked the citizens by imposing the largest tax hike on them in their states history. During his reelection campaign, he said he would never raise taxes again, then imposed the second largest tax hike in state history (after he was reelected).
Due to Malloy’s extreme incompetence, many large companies have run away from the state. One of these companies was General Electric, who had their world headquarters in the town of Fairfield. The only businesses thriving are moving companies, who have been reported as noticing many more people leaving Connecticut than coming in.
There are no jobs in Connecticut, even though they are a state known for their impressive universities. It has become commonplace for college graduates to leave the state — and their families — to make a life for themselves elsewhere. Elections have consequences, with Connecticut’s elections breaking families apart.
I have personally known over twenty individuals that have left the state in just the last two years. The stories are always the same; there are no jobs, or the cost of doing business is ridiculous. Everyone leaves because of the far-left government. Everyone leaves because of their governor, who is always elected due to Connecticut’s blue cities.
Make no mistake, the people in towns have no voice — there are far fewer of them than city dwellers. These city voters are also known for their extreme cases of voter fraud. There is no chance of fixing the state. People can only flee — if they are able to.
Sometimes walls are built to keep people in
Half the residents of Connecticut want to leave the state, but it is hard because it’s nearly impossible in many areas to sell your house and not take a massive financial hit. Entire areas have transformed from once-safe, friendly new neighborhoods to violent cesspools.
There are many cases of homeowners who bought condos for $150k a few years ago, to find that they are only worth $50k now. People have had hard times trying to just sign their mortgages over to others — for tens of thousands less than they paid a short time earlier.
Connecticut’s governor now refusing to follow federal immigration law
As reported by Breitbart, “Connecticut Governor, Dannel Malloy, sent a memo to law enforcement officials across the state laying out his guidelines for them to refuse compliance with federal immigration law on Wednesday. Among other provisions, the memo informed state officers not to detain anyone based on their immigration status. Malloy insisted that ICE detainer requests should not be treated as an official order or warrant for a suspected illegal alien’s detention.
Malloy went even farther saying that law enforcement personnel in the state should also refuse to allow federal immigration officials to have access to the illegal aliens in their custody, according to The Hill newspaper.”
The economy in Connecticut is always among the worst in the nation. They even have the worst fiscal status in the nation. They have been named by multiple prominent magazines as having America’s worst Governor. There seems to be no way out, as informed citizens have no say in the way their state is run — and it’s being run into the ground.
There are currently calls for President Trump to cut all federal funding to Connecticut. We will have to wait and see how Trump reacts to Malloy’s refusal to enforce federal law. Unfortunately, there are many who have been suffering in the state, and getting out looks more impossible by the day.
I smell Balkanization cooking.
Unfortunately North Carolina just elected a Demoncrat governor. McCrory, the former Republican governor lost because he refused to give teachers a pay raise. I expect to see NC go downhill with Cooper. Maybe he will only last one term.
There used to be a website called Radio Free West Hartford.
It was a lone voice in a leftist elite-ist land.
I was born and raised in Connecticut. It was beautiful once. They ruined it. I shed a tear for what was. Sad
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It was a gorgeous state. with significant history.
Hartford was a beautiful city at one time
As was I. In the 50s and 60s it was a near-perfect place, How did this situation happen?
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Democrats.
Seriously, look at all areas of the country that were once nice, Democrats moved in and destroyed it. Happening right now in Portland Maine. “Exciting Changes” is another way of saying “Democrats Destroying.”
New York property taxes makes these farms no-gos
Add to that the cost of feed/corn, volatility of the milk market, soaring fuel costs, shrinking credit lines, increasing animal health costs, stringent environmental regulations and farm labor concerns.
The dairy industry is broken. Generations of knowledge that was passed down, is gone down the drain.
Many feed suppliers want to be paid B4 the feed is shipped; farmers can’t get credit.
The United States shoots itself in the foot repeatedly.
This represents a loss of almost 5 million farms since 1935.
Family farms, exhibiting self-sufficiency, are the foundation of our rural communities. It's a big problem.
Free No Farms No Food Sticker from the Farmland Trust.
If things are bad enough, folks will indeed just walk away with mortgages to be foreclosed and banks stuck with property they can’t unload.
Only thing I know about Connecticut, that isn’t historically related to the revolutionary war, is its where folks from NY commute to find affordable housing.
As a MA resident I find this VERY sad-——it was always a beautiful,sought-after,place to live.
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