From where I sit I would say that most make a meager living that live in town. There are a few 5,500-7,500 person towns nearby and if there were 100 school teachers, a dozen school administrators, a car dealer, a doctor, a banker, and a couple of dozen other business owners and allowing that two thirds of the population are not wage earners due to being too young or too old that still leaves close to 2,500 others pulling in minimum wage or close to it. What do you think the guy at the local equipment dealer pulling wrenches or car dealer pulling wrenches is making? The guy working retail? Years ago a guy my dad knew was asked to pull wrenches for a local farm equipment dealer and despite all the lofty praise this person was offered minimum wage. You can talk about relocation all you want but that is not going to solve the problem of wages in mass. There are not that many high end jobs in the city for an exodus to happen in each county of 20,000 plus people assuming they could acquire the necessary skills.
You and I may not have much use for fast food but that is not testimony to what I see in the parking lots of McD's, KFC, etc. I think more people would take the time for a full dinner if they could afford it.
Don't know how you source your parts but in most cases there are alternatives even they are ones you do not like. The owner of the combine bone yard is nice enough but I would rather save some time and buy at the dealer but I am not going broke to do it. So in the end I do have a choice on nearly all my parts purchases. I would say in that most instances a farmer is NOT forced to buy new whole goods based what the dealer can or can not get.
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