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This from the Cato Institute, the libertarian think tank. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #1
I agree--Red Rural America needs to know that the GOP is not their friend! ErikJ Oct 2013 #2
or restrict welfare farm subsidies only to owner-occupied family farms where the farmer actually msongs Oct 2013 #3
A wealthy couple I know owns 60 acres of rural property (they have their weekend house on it)... Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #9
And I work with farmers who have 200 acres...... BronxBoy Oct 2013 #12
I don't mind the subsidies in theory but they should return to the FDR model not the current Reagen- Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #13
Well....A lot of these expenditures are not subsidies.. BronxBoy Oct 2013 #14
It was the Reagan/Butz model (that we currently use) that accelerated the loss of family farms... Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #16
I occasionally drive past a farm with a big sign reading "Want Small Government? Vote Republican" cyberswede Oct 2013 #4
Ahah! - ErikJ Oct 2013 #6
"rural dwellers are better off than other Americans in many ways" KurtNYC Oct 2013 #5
FDR's Rural Electrification program gave rural America electricity for the first time. ErikJ Oct 2013 #7
Probably. The Adirondaks are not farm country. The name was originally derogatory KurtNYC Oct 2013 #8
Yep.... BronxBoy Oct 2013 #15
I am so sick of this bullshit...... BronxBoy Oct 2013 #10
As well as HUD for urban area? seveneyes Oct 2013 #11
There is a ton of rural poverty Yo_Mama Oct 2013 #17
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