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Nebraska Town Finds Out Town's Biggest Employer To Close (crooksandliars.com)
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[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 142 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The good folks of Dawson County, Nebraska need to take a deep breath, and consider the bigger picture. They're finally getting Calibri font out of government documents, and the White House is getting vandalized. Losing some hamburger factory in the middle of buttfuck nowhere is a small price to pay.

Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 63 points 7 months ago

I’m sure they’ll find a way to blame it on (a) Biden, (b) Democrats, (c) immigrants, and (d) woke liberals.

There is no or.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 7 months ago

why not all 4 at once.

[-] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

That was a pretty inclusive "and" he used

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago

they can have one of musks AI datacenters build next to thier town.

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

This will ensure they can blame biden when they run out of water and electricity.

[-] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 76 points 7 months ago

Per the article:

Tyson, the meatpacking giant that employs about 3,200 workers in the town, will leave all of them without jobs when the facility closes on Jan. 20.

Per Wikipedia:

As of the 2020 census, the population of Lexington, Nebraska was 10,348.

So about 30% of them are without jobs. That's a HUUUUUGE blow to their economy.

Per this article:

https://southernagtoday.org/2025/08/07/u-s-brazil-beef-trade-at-a-crossroads/

While expanding access to Asia, Brazil also made significant inroads into the U.S. market. In May alone, it shipped 175 million pounds of beef to the U.S., five times the volume of May 2024.

All they need to do is learn Portuguese and relocate to Brazil. FTFY.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

A 30% drop in employment is plenty to destroy a town.

[-] setsubyou@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

On average, every household loses one source of income. That town is dead.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago

that would destroy a country if it was country wide too, 25% is enough to cause a massive downturn.

[-] ClownStatue@piefed.social 17 points 7 months ago

Here’s hoping the next Republicans they happily vote for (again) will finally fix the problems.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

That’s a shift that could conceivably kill the town outright

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today -3 points 7 months ago

we also dont produce alot of beef for consumption, its mostly imported. the ones from usa are poor quality anyways.

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

USA is a net importer of beef but for the opposite reason you say. The USA imports meat cuts and trimmings to make cheap ground meat and exports steaks and higher quality meat.

[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 56 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Have they thought about not being lazy and just pulling themselves up by the bootstraps? Surely they can easily pivot to available jobs in new industries for future and forward-looking technologies that our government has fostered to prevent large permanent job losses when volatile or transitional roles are threatened or eliminated? Right?

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 7 months ago

trump said: you voted for what i campaigned on, and "get used to a lower standard of living." recently.

[-] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 37 points 7 months ago

The homeless dude begging for money is a Trump supporter. Even someone starving and pennyness, he still supports Trump. That's stupidity at the highest level.

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Look! The wealth! IT'S TRICKLING DOWN!

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

I'm covered in the wealth. The watery brown wealth. The smelly watery brown wealth...this is definitely not diarrhea!!!

[-] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Wealth the president dropped on us from a fighter jet?

[-] Cargon@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Republicans hate handouts so this will be an easy one

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 33 points 7 months ago

MS NOW reported Friday from Lexington — the county seat of Dawson County, Nebraska, a place Trump carried easily with more than 74 percent of the vote last year. Tyson, the meatpacking giant that employs about 3,200 workers in the town, will leave all of them without jobs when the facility closes on Jan. 20.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

Listen to interviews and read quotes from people like this. They know damn will it's Trump's fault, but they think he doesn't know. Seriously, always the same attitude.

"We just need President Trump to know that his $policy is hurting us out here."

Imagine begging a malignant narcissist, with spiraling dementia, to give a shit about you.

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 26 points 7 months ago

The PROBLEM is that there's too many LIBRULS in the Government that Republicans control EVERY house of at the Federal and State level!

[-] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Taking bets on how many of them are still gonna find a way to blame this on Biden and say that they'll continue to support Trump.

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

A good 90% at least won't find out ! They will keep believing what their favorite TV host tells them. Anyone else is a liar !

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

At least they owned the libs bigly.

[-] titanicx@lemmy.zip 19 points 7 months ago

I feel so sad for them. They believed in the dream of small America and big corporate winners. In other words, idiots.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Don't worry, I am sure they are super happy their favorite orange pedophile is having a Ball room built... they'll be warmed and nourished by the notion

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

The thing is, if they can throw out the psychopathic corporate politicians from their state and federal government, they can get some bennies to survive while they find new ways to make a living.

But will they realize that? I say no, they won't. And it's understandable, because a solution two or more years from now won't help them tomorrow. But still it would be nice if the message could work its way into the back corner of their brain.

[-] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 7 months ago

Tots and Pears

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago

thats a bougie brand for babies, you think they can afford it.

[-] HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social 13 points 7 months ago

More voters who fucked up and found out. If only they didn't cause so much collateral damage to the rest of US and international societies with their stupidity

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago

They will not find out, they will keep blaming Biden !

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Are they writing "Thank You" letters to Trump already?

Let me give them thoughts and prayers:

I think they are idiots.

I pray that they may rot in hell.

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

They're taking our jerbs!

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 7 months ago

I expect "crooksandliars.com" to be a reliable and unbiased source

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Please show me an unbiased source. I'm more interested in if they are straight up lying or not.

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