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Originally Posted by Nancy
FUN FACT: His infamous (in Saskatchewan, anyway) "why should I sell your wheat" quote was a rhetorical question taken out of context and used for political purposes. So the quote mining tweets we see today are nothing new.
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I agree it was sort of taken out of context but the reason it stung and got the play it did was the quote coupled with the Canadian Wheat Board. Farmers had very little freedom to market their wheat and by law could only sell their cereals through the Board. With low prices and high interest rates this quote seemed incredibly out of touch and insulting. “Why should I sell your wheat??” To which farmers replied, “Because it’s illegal for us to sell it anywhere else.”