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Nope, There is much more to be gained by pork-barrel spending on the Republican plains than pork-barrel spending in a Democratic state.
I have no issue at all with Republican senators doing what ever it takes to get pork-barrel spending in bills that benefit their states.
Most of those 10 states, I see on the list are amazing conservative states that I wouldn't mind living in.
Each state has two senators and if lots of pork-barrel spending goes into bills from Republican senators looking for votes, I am all for it.
Pork-barrel spending in general benefits smaller and more conservatives than Democratic states.
So, you just admitted that you need and want government to step in and subsidize your proudly self-reliant "small government" conservative states...and that you're a hypocrite? Because we all know you would slammed CA for this same sort of behavior.
Handouts to corporate farms used to never exist until they lobbied for the food stamp program.
Now they want to kill the food stamp program but keep the handouts to corporate farms coming.
Some argue it is a national security issue to monetarily support these farms.
They think the same thing in communist countries as well.
Our local Rep, Vicki Hartzler, went on and on about stopping subsidies when she ran the first time. After she was elected, it came out that her farm was getting several hundred thousand in subsidies. As long as politicians profit from them, there will be subsidies.
Also lookup the fraud in hobby farms.
They apply for government handouts when they basically only have a garden.
You do know SNAP is @ 80% of the Farm bill right????
Pushed by corporate lobbyists.
Before the food stamp program, you had usda cheese, rice, beans, dry milk and so on.
Big Business wanted a cut of the action.
I can show you hundreds of lobbyists from the fast food industry, restaurants, that wanted a cut of the food stamp money.
Nope, There is much more to be gained by pork-barrel spending on the Republican plains than pork-barrel spending in a Democratic state.
I have no issue at all with Republican senators doing what ever it takes to get pork-barrel spending in bills that benefit their states.
Most of those 10 states, I see on the list are amazing conservative states that I wouldn't mind living in.
Each state has two senators and if lots of pork-barrel spending goes into bills from Republican senators looking for votes, I am all for it.
Pork-barrel spending in general benefits smaller and more conservatives than Democratic states.
Stalin would agree comrade.
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