Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. While we are bombarded with news stories of stock market gains, record company earnings and increased prosperity for middle-income families, whole communities are suffering economic strife.
Farmers face record-low prices for their commodities.
Main Street businesses are closing. Church collection plates are light. And few farmers are saying a word. Farmers sit quietly amongst themselves, drinking a cup of coffee at the local cafe with their fellow farmers. Our farms and communities will be reduced to dusty, curled photographs in our attics.