Lying, amoral asshole like trump. They aren’t angels but they do have some strict moral code they adhere to.

From his pretty extensive experience , they're not honest. While they are strict in a way regarding their religious beliefs, they're like RW Rs in that they don't seem to really adhere to it where they don't feel like it.

In my experience with the women who run the store, they don't outright lie, but they don't exactly always tell the truth, either. M

But I’ll tell you one thing, they are far better businessmen than religious leaders.

They are in business to make money. Period.

I was shocked to learn that they use massive amounts of chemical fertilizer and pesticides on what they grow. My friend who lives close the them says he can grow veggies with no insect problems because the pesticides from the adjoining Amish farms waft over. A blessing and a curse, I guess, as when he buys produce, it's usually organic.

I heard good things about “a conservative.”

Like Ron Johnson. Otherwise they don’t vote.

I’m sure they have not heard much about the virus.

My Amish friends were totally self sufficient. Never going to any supermarket or department store. Not even the Amish grocery store.

They own a greenhouse and my friend Rosanna runs it. He farms and labors in the greenhouse. I’m sure they won’t be wearing masks. They have no health insurance and pay cash. Her granddaughter was born having seizures. They paid cash for her treatment. Must have been a fortune.

Especially of of big things like a pandemic.

If I'd read this below beforehand, I would have been more patient and not bought anything until I my appointment this week at another nursery that's actually taking the virus seriously.

A lot of cash sales and no gasoline taxes but they use the roads to buggy around nonetheless.

Also, while they can't have their own cars, phones, etc., they're perfectly happy, in fact, often rather persistent about getting rides in other people's cars, using other people's phones, etc.

Where my wife is from is western KY, "driving Amish" is a job.....

their home base that using horse-drawn conveyances isn't feasible. I just know that among my friends who live close to Amish people it's a know issue that they're often imposed upon to drive them for free. Of course, maybe they're just complaining, as people tend to do, and making it sound more of a problem than it really is.

We have every type of Amish store. They have receipts.

I wouldn’t say they skim anymore than bar owners, salon workers, servers or other greenhouses.

The guy who talked about driving them around is right, I had friend who did that. He drove a carpentry crew to work. After awhile they gave him a list of things they wanted him to fix on his old van or they’d fire him which is what happened. He thought the real reason was because he kept bugging them to teach him carpentry. They are renowned carpenters.

I worked in a slaughterhouse with them. Most all the kill floor was Amish, just a few of them worked in the cooler with me and the rest of the “Yankees”. They’d use power equipment on the job but not in their home. One guys dad had a wood shop, he had a telephone in the shop and I imagine power tools but not in the home. I’ve ridden in a buggy with one and even let one of the young ones drive my car. I was taking him home from work. He saw his dad out in the field and said Oh shit and slammed the car into park (fortunately in a gravel road) and rolled out of the car into the ditch and told me to keep going. Apparently they aren’t usually full blown Amish till they marry. Most of the Amish drink beer and they sort of look the other way when the kids smoke and raise hell. I’m not sure if they vote but I suspect they do. They don’t like paying taxes so that might get them to vote but generally don’t participate in modern life. They didn’t believe man had been to the moon so they are capable of denying reality. But I still don’t think they’d approve of trump with multiple wife’s and use of prostitutes.