The selective socialism of Donald Trump: Farmers, yes. Poor families, no.
The selective socialism of Donald Trump: Farmers, yes. Poor families, no.
By Philip Bump at the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/23/selective-socialism-donald-trump-farmers-yes-poor-families-no/?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.792181a9ab32
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Trump’s use of federal funds to send political messages is pretty explicit here. Poor people shouldn’t be poor in this economy and don’t need food stamps. Farmers do need assistance (thanks to Trump), and that assistance is worth bragging about.
If you’re curious, 39 percent of households receiving food stamps in 2016 were run by someone who is white. Well over 90 percentof farmers are white.
Again, this isn’t really socialism, as such. But, then, neither are many of the proposals from Democrats that Trump regularly disparages. While he’s more receptive to using government money to bolster his political base than many in his party, he still likes to use the word “socialism” as a cudgel.
It seems safe to say, though, that he won’t apply that word to his support for farmers.
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Something you won't hear from a Trump-country farmer:
Rejecting Donald's socialism.
