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Farmers, most of whom voted for Trump, wouldn't seem to agree. Farm income in 2020 was the highest in seven years, and in terms of farm income 2020 was one of the 3 most profitable years in the last fifty for US agriculture. Farm income rose 43% in just one year. The problem? About 40% of that profit was solely due to vastly increased payments from the US government - payment rose to $46.5 billion from $22.4 billion in just one year. Using Republican rhetoric, that's socialism on an impressive scale, and US farmers apparently loved it. And it all came from Trump, as a way to keep farmers happy who were being hurt by his idiotic trade wars. And most of that government money goes to wealthier farmers in a relatively limited number of states - it's not evenly distributed. Most of Trump's base loves welfare and government handouts as long as they're the beneficiaries. Their problem is that sometimes people and groups they don't like also get government aid. And that's when it becomes a problem for them - not when they're the ones getting the goodies.
Link: https://www.cato.org/commentary/examining-americas-farm-subsidy-problem
Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/donald-trump-coronavirus-farmer-bailouts-359932
I thought we were talking about why the 70M+ of your fellow Americans voted for Trump. I think the reason is because their interests were de-prioritized by national parties who were chasing marginal voters on the fringe and sold out their interests with lopsided trade deals that favored the wealthy and undercut the labor market in this country. I don't think 1/2 the country are one issue voters (with that issue being farm subsidies). Take that shit back to Farmersonly.com (that website has ideological heterogeneity and a posterhood that all perform valuables services and/or produce necessary goods; not this one).