In Trump Country, Shock at Trump Budget Cuts, but Still Loyalty

[mcar]

Short version, I'm not happy that Trump might take my job and future away but I'll still vote for him again if he takes more stuff away from the "others."

Tell me again why we have to "reach out" and "understand" these voters?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/in-trump-country-shock-at-trump-budget-cuts-but-still-loyalty.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

Moreno was sitting at a table with his boss, Rocky Payton, the factory’s general manager, and Amy Saum, the human resources manager. All said they had voted for Trump, and all were bewildered that he wanted to cut funds that channel people into good manufacturing jobs...

Payton suggested that if the government wants to cut budgets, it should target “Obama phones” provided to low-income Americans. (In fact, the program predates President Barack Obama and is financed by telecom companies rather than by taxpayers.)...

Judy Banks, a 70-year-old struggling to get by, said she voted for Trump because “he was talking about getting rid of those illegals.” But Banks now finds herself shocked that he also has his sights on funds for the Labor Department’s Senior Community Service Employment Program, which is her lifeline. It pays senior citizens a minimum wage to hold public service jobs...

Yet she said she might still vote for Trump in 2020. And that’s a refrain I heard over and over. Some of the loyalty seemed to be grounded in resentment at Democrats for mocking Trump voters as dumb bigots, some from a belief that budgets are complicated, and some from a sense that it’s too early to abandon their man. They did say that if jobs didn’t reappear, they would turn against him.

[Achilleaze]

1. They're probably pleased as can be to squander $3 million for golf outings

what the hell. $3 mil here, $3 mil there anytime the republican tax-&-draft dodger wants to play with his putter and use the relaxation to figure out more ways to cut funding to help people get good jobs, eat or stay warm.

What the hell, the bloated republican fancy-pants con man can just keep indulging in $3 mil weekends at taxpayer expense. It apparently makes the republican-russian Trumpazees giddy with glee.

[world wide wally]

2. Sometimes you just have to grab the bull by the tail and face the situation, folks

[wcast]

3. Can't let facts get in the way of prejudice.

Payton suggested that if the government wants to cut budgets, it should target “Obama phones” provided to low-income Americans. (In fact, the program predates President Barack Obama and is financed by telecom companies rather than by taxpayers.)...

[mcar]

4. Isn't that ridiculous?