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1st cut the part where the government pays people not to grow stuff. No need for that.In a late October campaign appearance in Omaha, Neb., President Donald Trump said he believed farmers were better off getting government payments than relying solely on their farming receipts.
“In fact, some people say our farmers do better now than when they actually had a farm,” he said.
Many top farm states voted again for Trump in November, including Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and Kansas. Several, however, left Trump to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia.
U.S. government checks constituted 40% of farmers' income in 2020: USDA
Iowa farmer says that without federal money it would have been difficult to make ends meet but that it began to feel as if the government checks were...www.marketwatch.com
Well, now we know how red state farmers, and Trump really think about socialism.