Recently, Tom West wrote about polls, saying, “... Republicans support for capitalism over socialism has remained strong.’’ (Oct. 6 issue)
I laughed.
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Good response. What the Republican party has become is shameful.
You are not correct. Trump paid 28 billion in subsidies to farmers , not millions. Thats over twice the amount that car companies received during the great recession. By the way that went to large Ag farms and not to small farmers.
Great article!
John Snell
Thanks for the correction! I rushed to meet the deadline and regret not tweaking a number of things. Glad you liked it, I thought the heading they gave it was a bit provocative but maybe it reached more readers.
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