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Can someone help me with this ASAP, I don't know how to answer this question.

Is the argument that farmers had it easier during the great depression because they could grow their own food a valid one? why or why not?

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Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

In an effort to increase prices, the New Deal policymakers paid farmers to destroy crops and livestock, which led to depressing scenes of fields plowed under, corn burned as fuel and piglets slaughtered. Many farmers became bankrupt because of how low prices have dropped and lost their farms.

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