• tal@lemmy.today
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    18 days ago

    The food is also a significant agricultural subsidy, not just a subsidy to the poor, so farmers are also worse-off.

    https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/trump-election-farming-counties-trade-war/

    GRAPHIC: Trump support grew in America’s top farming counties despite first-term trade war

    Farming-dependent counties rallied behind Trump with an average of nearly 78% support.

    That’s not to mention USAID, which is also a farm subsidy, rural Internet subsidies being cut, and trade wars that tend to result in countertariffs on agriculture, off the top of my head.

    I mean, people can use their vote as they please, but…