We are not friends; I don't care what you believe or if you read my memes. Everything I told you was and is true, but you have changed a few things and added others. I am not a farmer although I grew up on one. I do own land, have some livestock and do grow some crops, that don't make me a farmer, it is more hobby than side hustle. What we don't eat we donate. My income comes from my businesses and investments, I never once claimed I worked in or owned a large corporation. You already know I am a vet, son of a vet, what you don't know is it goes back generations.
Your fixation with what things cost is also not my concern. Someone is always struggling; others make it work. Not everything I have tried worked out, that is why you diversify, adapt and overcome. Tariffs I already explained to you, I deal 90% with locals, I avoid demonrat infected areas and will not ship out of state. Fuel costs are a pain, avoiding chinese made junk is just good business, owning tangible things and learning new skills is far better than money sitting unused in the bank. While you see doom and gloom, I see opportunity, I am buying and always looking for the next deal. Keeping wealth means, protecting it from life's ebbs and flows.
If you are worried about struggling ranches and farms, go volunteer they could use the help. If you are unwilling then you are just making noise, something you excel at. You're are always spouting off online and solving nothing. All your faith in big government programs is crap, none of it will solve one problem. Get outside, help others and see how the world really works. People have survived this way forever, many of us do not want, need and will not accept help from some big government suits. We have enough problems keeping the idiots from bulldozing over flat land to build data centers and homes. That hasn't affected me personally yet, but I do watch it and I get an offer for at least one of my properties a few times a month, usually from a foreign owned business. More land is lost because the next generation is not willing to work it than most other concerns. That may have always been true.