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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
I mentioned BOTH parties, Bucco. But I did refer to the GOP as the party with most conservative fiscal values, who might begin to oppose giveaway programs like this.
My reference also had to do with the GOP primary, the only primary where there is any dialog back and forth between the candidates. Have you heard anything there about withdrawing the benefits of these subsidy programs. I would have hoped that at least one of the candidates would have mentioned it by now. I certainly don't expect to hear anything from the Democrats. But if no one mentions it or makes a proposal, it's pretty certain that nothing is going to happen.
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VK restated it absolutely perfectly. No, there has not been any legislation or talk of eliminating farm subsidies but you sure think the Republicans who are supposed to be so fiscally conservative and against all government money being spent would have brought it up on campaign.
No, wait - not a smart thing to do in the states like Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, etc. Let those possible voters slop at the public trough but talk about stopping food stamps, free lunches for schoolkids, and stopping unemployment benefits for the people who would not vote Republican anyhow is the right plan?