WashPost: Trump's farmer bailout has given $21 billion to red counties and $2.1 billion to blue ones

[mahatmakanejeeves]

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

WashPost: Trump’s farmer bailout has given $21 billion to red counties and $2.1 billion to blue ones

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[flying_wahini]

1. Not surprised, but Really?

Wow.

[FeelingBlue]

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.

[Newest Reality]

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.

[mazzarro]

4. Why is this not unconstitutional? - n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

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.

[Aristus]

6. We didn't need it.

We work for a living in the Blue states...

[marie999]

7. Are you saying that farmers in red states don't work for a living?

[Aristus]

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...