Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:45 AM
mahatmakanejeeves (34,570 posts)
WashPost: Trump's farmer bailout has given $21 billion to red counties and $2.1 billion to blue ones
David Fahrenthold Retweeted
WashPost: Trump’s farmer bailout has given $21 billion to red counties and $2.1 billion to blue ones Link to tweet
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mahatmakanejeeves | Oct 2020 | OP |
flying_wahini | Oct 2020 | #1 | |
FeelingBlue | Oct 2020 | #2 | |
Newest Reality | Oct 2020 | #3 | |
mazzarro | Oct 2020 | #4 | |
DavidDvorkin | Oct 2020 | #5 | |
Aristus | Oct 2020 | #6 | |
marie999 | Oct 2020 | #7 | |
Aristus | Oct 2020 | #8 |
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:52 AM
flying_wahini (2,783 posts)
1. Not surprised, but Really?
Wow.
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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:55 AM
FeelingBlue (375 posts)
2. If he was smart,
He would have reversed that. His followers will follow him pretty much no matter what he does. But, he could have won the gratitude of more people if he’d dumped funds into blue counties.
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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 08:00 AM
Newest Reality (12,702 posts)
3. The blue states...
also pay out more than they take in.
The red, "welfare" states usually take more than they pay. That's a big ripoff. |
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 08:12 AM
mazzarro (3,450 posts)
4. Why is this not unconstitutional? - n/t
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 10:03 AM
DavidDvorkin (17,883 posts)
5. Red counties in general have far more farm acreage than blue ones
So I would assume.
Perhaps the analysis takes this into account. I can't read the article, so I don't know. |
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 11:35 AM
Aristus (53,948 posts)
6. We didn't need it.
We work for a living in the Blue states...
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Response to Aristus (Reply #6)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:37 PM
marie999 (1,192 posts)
7. Are you saying that farmers in red states don't work for a living?
Response to marie999 (Reply #7)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 01:15 PM
Aristus (53,948 posts)
8. No so much that as the Blue states are funding their farm subsidies.
So they should maybe sneer at we Blue staters a little less often...
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