Why Rural America Voted for Trump

[owebo]

Although Donald Trump is a minority president-elect, those who did vote for him are products of public schools in poor states.

Trumps mandate is pretty impressive....

 

[owebo]

The most fascinating thing in my mind is that rural America depends on taxpayers from big cities in order to survive. From agriculture subsidies to Medicaid to Food Stamps to Medicare and Social Security recipients being typically older people who remain in the smaller towns that younger people have fled for better opportunities.

These people depend on other taxpayers put keep voting for a party they have to pivot and then fight because all Republicans want to do is cut all the programs rural people need.

You enslave them with welfare....we will free them with jobs....

 

[tyroneweaver]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

Ignorance! Trump's "poorly educated" cult.

I bet you said that with a full mouth.

 

[usmbguest5318]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

So reading the thread title, I'm thinking that underpinning the reason is, "Because they don't get out much." I'm thinking that because I'm a child of the rural South who left it and found out what life is like elsewhere.

So there's my opening thought...Let's keep going....I'm going to use the "quoting" feature to comment as I read. What follows is a progression of my reading....

I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa.

Okay. And when did you last spend any real periods of time in a place very different from Iowa? A world class cosmopolitan city in the U.S? A non-Western country?

I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

What? Did the Times actually publish that sentence that way? Somethin's missin' there....Anyway, I get the gist of it. Fine.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

Yes. The fact that they don't get out much.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

Going to Pella, IA to listen to a fella from Eufaula, OK is not my idea of "gettin' out more."

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

Well, if that isn't the most judgmental thing I've heard in a month of Sundays, I don't know what is. That's a damn shame that that is what they believe. It may be true, in fact it probably is, but it's still a shame.

The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

That is so not something I would be proud to attest to. I can understand owning that one used to be that way, but the notion that one would willfully remain so is reprehensible.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege

Well, they wouldn't feel that way if they got out more.

Under siege from what? Who's coming to lay siege to them? People visit rural places, buy souvenirs and then go back home. Ain't nobody who lives in the city trying to tell people in rural places what the hell to do.

For instance, do you think if Pella, IA were to have passed NC's transsexuals law anybody in Chicago, NY, London, Tokyo, San Fran., Los Angeles, etc. would have had a damn thing to say about it? Hell no, they'd have been like, "Oh. Look at that....Do you want to do Thai or Japanese for dinner tonight?" And that'd have been that. If there are any transsexuals in Pella, IA, odds are they need to pee and they're trying to get outta there anyway.

 

[Spare_change]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

So reading the thread title, I'm thinking that underpinning the reason is, "Because they don't get out much." I'm thinking that because I'm a child of the rural South who left it and found out what life is like elsewhere.

So there's my opening thought...Let's keep going....I'm going to use the "quoting" feature to comment as I read. What follows is a progression of my reading....

I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa.

Okay. And when did you last spend any real periods of time in a place very different from Iowa? A world class cosmopolitan city in the U.S? A non-Western country?

I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

What? Did the Times actually publish that sentence that way? Somethin's missin' there....Anyway, I get the gist of it. Fine.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

Yes. The fact that they don't get out much.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

Going to Pella, IA to listen to a fella from Eufaula, OK is not my idea of "gettin' out more."

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

Well, if that isn't the most judgmental thing I've heard in a month of Sundays, I don't know what is. That's a damn shame that that is what they believe. It may be true, in fact it probably is, but it's still a shame.

The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

That is so not something I would be proud to attest to. I can understand owning that one used to be that way, but the notion that one would willfully remain so is reprehensible.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege

Well, they wouldn't feel that way if they got out more.

Under siege from what? Who's coming to lay siege to them? People visit rural places, buy souvenirs and then go back home. Ain't nobody who lives in the city trying to tell people in rural places what the hell to do.

For instance, do you think if Pella, IA were to have passed NC's transsexuals law anybody in Chicago, NY, London, Tokyo, San Fran., Los Angeles, etc. would have had a damn thing to say about it? Hell no, they'd have been like, "Oh. Look at that....Do you want to do Thai or Japanese for dinner tonight?" And that'd have been that. If there are any transsexuals in Pella, IA, odds are they need to pee and they're trying to get outta there anyway.

^^^^^ dripping with elitism.
........ ^^^^^^^ dripping with sarcasm.

 

[BluesLegend]

I voted for Trump because Hillary is a lying POS lib and I hate libs.

 

[usmbguest5318]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

So reading the thread title, I'm thinking that underpinning the reason is, "Because they don't get out much." I'm thinking that because I'm a child of the rural South who left it and found out what life is like elsewhere.

So there's my opening thought...Let's keep going....I'm going to use the "quoting" feature to comment as I read. What follows is a progression of my reading....

I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa.

Okay. And when did you last spend any real periods of time in a place very different from Iowa? A world class cosmopolitan city in the U.S? A non-Western country?

I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

What? Did the Times actually publish that sentence that way? Somethin's missin' there....Anyway, I get the gist of it. Fine.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

Yes. The fact that they don't get out much.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

Going to Pella, IA to listen to a fella from Eufaula, OK is not my idea of "gettin' out more."

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

Well, if that isn't the most judgmental thing I've heard in a month of Sundays, I don't know what is. That's a damn shame that that is what they believe. It may be true, in fact it probably is, but it's still a shame.

The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

That is so not something I would be proud to attest to. I can understand owning that one used to be that way, but the notion that one would willfully remain so is reprehensible.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege

Well, they wouldn't feel that way if they got out more.

Under siege from what? Who's coming to lay siege to them? People visit rural places, buy souvenirs and then go back home. Ain't nobody who lives in the city trying to tell people in rural places what the hell to do.

For instance, do you think if Pella, IA were to have passed NC's transsexuals law anybody in Chicago, NY, London, Tokyo, San Fran., Los Angeles, etc. would have had a damn thing to say about it? Hell no, they'd have been like, "Oh. Look at that....Do you want to do Thai or Japanese for dinner tonight?" And that'd have been that. If there are any transsexuals in Pella, IA, odds are they need to pee and they're trying to get outta there anyway.

^^^^^ dripping with elitism.
........ ^^^^^^^ dripping with sarcasm.

Those are two big assumptions seeing both elitism, sarcasm and people possessed of both exist in rural places all across America. Your thinking those two thoughts of my remarks suggests that perhaps you too need to get out more.

• Many rural Americans live in a bubble, too
• The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America

I don't have a problem with rural people. I have a problem with myopic provincialism and that is what pervaded the article to which I responded.

I was content enough with the essay until I got to the part about rural conservatives feeling like they are under siege, particularly when nothing could be farther from the truth. At that point, I thought, "Okay, Don Quixote."

 

[Spare_change]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

So reading the thread title, I'm thinking that underpinning the reason is, "Because they don't get out much." I'm thinking that because I'm a child of the rural South who left it and found out what life is like elsewhere.

So there's my opening thought...Let's keep going....I'm going to use the "quoting" feature to comment as I read. What follows is a progression of my reading....

I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa.

Okay. And when did you last spend any real periods of time in a place very different from Iowa? A world class cosmopolitan city in the U.S? A non-Western country?

I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

What? Did the Times actually publish that sentence that way? Somethin's missin' there....Anyway, I get the gist of it. Fine.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

Yes. The fact that they don't get out much.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

Going to Pella, IA to listen to a fella from Eufaula, OK is not my idea of "gettin' out more."

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

Well, if that isn't the most judgmental thing I've heard in a month of Sundays, I don't know what is. That's a damn shame that that is what they believe. It may be true, in fact it probably is, but it's still a shame.

The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

That is so not something I would be proud to attest to. I can understand owning that one used to be that way, but the notion that one would willfully remain so is reprehensible.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege

Well, they wouldn't feel that way if they got out more.

Under siege from what? Who's coming to lay siege to them? People visit rural places, buy souvenirs and then go back home. Ain't nobody who lives in the city trying to tell people in rural places what the hell to do.

For instance, do you think if Pella, IA were to have passed NC's transsexuals law anybody in Chicago, NY, London, Tokyo, San Fran., Los Angeles, etc. would have had a damn thing to say about it? Hell no, they'd have been like, "Oh. Look at that....Do you want to do Thai or Japanese for dinner tonight?" And that'd have been that. If there are any transsexuals in Pella, IA, odds are they need to pee and they're trying to get outta there anyway.

^^^^^ dripping with elitism.
........ ^^^^^^^ dripping with sarcasm.

Those are two big assumptions seeing both elitism, sarcasm and people possessed of both exist in rural places all across America. Your thinking those two thoughts of my remarks suggests that perhaps you too need to get out more.

• Many rural Americans live in a bubble, too
• The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America

I don't have a problem with rural people. I have a problem with myopic provincialism and that is what pervaded the article to which I responded.

I was content enough with the essay until I got to the part about rural conservatives feeling like they are under siege, particularly when nothing could be farther from the truth. At that point, I thought, "Okay, Don Quixote."

Alternet and the Washington Post? You're going to cite these two propaganda sites as justification for your elitist, holier-than-thou, riding-the-white-horse, syndrome you're trying to push on everybody else.

Do we bow or are we required to genuflect to your obvious superiority?

 

[NYcarbineer]

I know, forgive me for using this source but it will occupy the liberal mind...
Why Rural America Voted for Trump

The New York Times
By ROBERT LEONARD 12 hrs ago

Knoxville, Iowa — One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shop here whom I’ve known since they were little boys. Now about 18, they pushed away from the table, and one said: “Let’s go to work. Let the liberals sleep in.” The other nodded.

They’re hard workers. As a kid, one washed dishes, took orders and swept the floor at a restaurant. Every summer, the other picked sweet corn by hand at dawn for a farm stand and for grocery stores, and then went to work all day on his parents’ farm. Now one is a welder, and the other is in his first year at a state university on an academic scholarship. They are conservative, believe in hard work, family, the military and cops, and they know that abortion and socialism are evil, that Jesus Christ is our savior, and that Donald J. Trump will be good for America.

They are part of a growing movement in rural America that immerses many young people in a culture — not just conservative news outlets but also home and church environments — that emphasizes contemporary conservative values. It views liberals as loathsome, misinformed and weak, even dangerous.

Who are these rural, red-county people who brought Mr. Trump into power? I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa. I consider myself fairly liberal. My family has mostly voted Democratic since long before I was born. To be honest, for years, even I have struggled to understand how these conservative friends and neighbors I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

“We teach them how to be good,” he said. “We become good by being reborn — born again.”

He continued: “Democrats believe that we are born good, that we create God, not that he created us. If we are our own God, as the Democrats say, then we need to look at something else to blame when things go wrong — not us.”

...

While many blame poor decisions by Mrs. Clinton for her loss, in an environment like this, the Democratic candidate probably didn’t matter. And the Democratic Party may not for generations to come. The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy to be feared and loathed. Given the philosophical premises Mr. Watts presented as the difference between Democrats and Republicans, reconciliation seems a long way off.

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

Why did rural America vote for Trump?

Because rural American pretty much votes Republican.

Why did Trump lose the popular vote?

Because most American voters aren't fucking lunatics.

 

[koshergrl]

The most fascinating thing in my mind is that rural America depends on taxpayers from big cities in order to survive. From agriculture subsidies to Medicaid to Food Stamps to Medicare and Social Security recipients being typically older people who remain in the smaller towns that younger people have fled for better opportunities.

These people depend on other taxpayers put keep voting for a party they have to pivot and then fight because all Republicans want to do is cut all the programs rural people need.

Historically speaking, rural residents have been the wealthiest members of our society.

Until the commie pigs shut down all our sources of revenue, started restricting what we could do with our own land, and invaded our schools.

That's okay, all that will come to an end. And we will again be better educated, richer, and just better than all the pathetic losers huddled together in the filthy cities, like the maggots they are.

 

[usmbguest5318]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

So reading the thread title, I'm thinking that underpinning the reason is, "Because they don't get out much." I'm thinking that because I'm a child of the rural South who left it and found out what life is like elsewhere.

So there's my opening thought...Let's keep going....I'm going to use the "quoting" feature to comment as I read. What follows is a progression of my reading....

I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa.

Okay. And when did you last spend any real periods of time in a place very different from Iowa? A world class cosmopolitan city in the U.S? A non-Western country?

I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

What? Did the Times actually publish that sentence that way? Somethin's missin' there....Anyway, I get the gist of it. Fine.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

Yes. The fact that they don't get out much.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

Going to Pella, IA to listen to a fella from Eufaula, OK is not my idea of "gettin' out more."

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

Well, if that isn't the most judgmental thing I've heard in a month of Sundays, I don't know what is. That's a damn shame that that is what they believe. It may be true, in fact it probably is, but it's still a shame.

The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

That is so not something I would be proud to attest to. I can understand owning that one used to be that way, but the notion that one would willfully remain so is reprehensible.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege

Well, they wouldn't feel that way if they got out more.

Under siege from what? Who's coming to lay siege to them? People visit rural places, buy souvenirs and then go back home. Ain't nobody who lives in the city trying to tell people in rural places what the hell to do.

For instance, do you think if Pella, IA were to have passed NC's transsexuals law anybody in Chicago, NY, London, Tokyo, San Fran., Los Angeles, etc. would have had a damn thing to say about it? Hell no, they'd have been like, "Oh. Look at that....Do you want to do Thai or Japanese for dinner tonight?" And that'd have been that. If there are any transsexuals in Pella, IA, odds are they need to pee and they're trying to get outta there anyway.

^^^^^ dripping with elitism.
........ ^^^^^^^ dripping with sarcasm.

Those are two big assumptions seeing both elitism, sarcasm and people possessed of both exist in rural places all across America. Your thinking those two thoughts of my remarks suggests that perhaps you too need to get out more.

• Many rural Americans live in a bubble, too
• The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America

I don't have a problem with rural people. I have a problem with myopic provincialism and that is what pervaded the article to which I responded.

I was content enough with the essay until I got to the part about rural conservatives feeling like they are under siege, particularly when nothing could be farther from the truth. At that point, I thought, "Okay, Don Quixote."

Alternet and the Washington Post? You're going to cite these two propaganda sites as justification for your elitist, holier-than-thou, riding-the-white-horse, syndrome you're trying to push on everybody else.

Do we bow or are we required to genuflect to your obvious superiority?

Well, seeing as you asked first, take your pick. I'm not choosy that way.

 

[Eloy]

I voted for Trump because Hillary is a lying POS lib and I hate libs.

The Russians will be grateful for your vote.

 

[sealybobo]

I know, forgive me for using this source but it will occupy the liberal mind...
Why Rural America Voted for Trump

The New York Times
By ROBERT LEONARD 12 hrs ago

Knoxville, Iowa — One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shop here whom I’ve known since they were little boys. Now about 18, they pushed away from the table, and one said: “Let’s go to work. Let the liberals sleep in.” The other nodded.

They’re hard workers. As a kid, one washed dishes, took orders and swept the floor at a restaurant. Every summer, the other picked sweet corn by hand at dawn for a farm stand and for grocery stores, and then went to work all day on his parents’ farm. Now one is a welder, and the other is in his first year at a state university on an academic scholarship. They are conservative, believe in hard work, family, the military and cops, and they know that abortion and socialism are evil, that Jesus Christ is our savior, and that Donald J. Trump will be good for America.

They are part of a growing movement in rural America that immerses many young people in a culture — not just conservative news outlets but also home and church environments — that emphasizes contemporary conservative values. It views liberals as loathsome, misinformed and weak, even dangerous.

Who are these rural, red-county people who brought Mr. Trump into power? I’m a native Iowan and reporter in rural Marion County, Iowa. I consider myself fairly liberal. My family has mostly voted Democratic since long before I was born. To be honest, for years, even I have struggled to understand how these conservative friends and neighbors I respect — and at times admire — can think so differently from me, not to mention how over 60 percent of voters in my county could have chosen Mr. Trump.

Political analysts have talked about how ignorance, racism, sexism, nationalism, Islamophobia, economic disenfranchisement and the decline of the middle class contributed to the popularity of Mr. Trump in rural America. But this misses the deeper cultural factors that shape the thinking of the conservatives who live here.

For me, it took a 2015 pre-caucus stop in Pella by J. C. Watts, a Baptist minister raised in the small town of Eufaula, Okla., who was a Republican congressman from 1995 to 2003, to begin to understand my neighbors — and most likely other rural Americans as well.

“The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good,” said Mr. Watts, who was in the area to campaign for Senator Rand Paul. “We are born bad,” he said and added that children did not need to be taught to behave badly — they are born knowing how to do that.

“We teach them how to be good,” he said. “We become good by being reborn — born again.”

He continued: “Democrats believe that we are born good, that we create God, not that he created us. If we are our own God, as the Democrats say, then we need to look at something else to blame when things go wrong — not us.”

...

While many blame poor decisions by Mrs. Clinton for her loss, in an environment like this, the Democratic candidate probably didn’t matter. And the Democratic Party may not for generations to come. The Republican brand is strong in rural America — perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.

Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy to be feared and loathed. Given the philosophical premises Mr. Watts presented as the difference between Democrats and Republicans, reconciliation seems a long way off.

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

Rural Americans are a bunch of hypocrites!!! Here is a great example that illustrates this. Those hicks out in the sticks want high speed internet. Corporations don't want to do it because it's not worth it. So what are these rural hicks in the sticks asking for? They are asking the government to do it for them. I'm sorry but where in the constitution does it say you have a right for high speed internet? And why don't you pay for it yourselves? Why are you forcing the rest of us to pay for you? Sounds very hypocritical if you ask me.

And the funny thing is, Obama wanted to give this to you. Well that doesn't surprise me but what does surprise me is that today Republicans are going to pass a bill to give these hicks in the sticks some free government cheese.

As Cities Push For Their Own Broadband, Cable Firms Say Not So Fast

 

[sealybobo]

Republicans don't mind forcing us city folk to pay for their sorry asses.

The Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act is meant to close the rural digital divide by providing new federal grants for high-speed broadband buildouts to supplement the money already available through the USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

It would also double the RUS broadband program funding to $50 million.

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill to boost rural broadband in rural and tribal areas.

 

[Eloy]

Republicans don't mind forcing us city folk to pay for their sorry asses.

The Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act is meant to close the rural digital divide by providing new federal grants for high-speed broadband buildouts to supplement the money already available through the USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

It would also double the RUS broadband program funding to $50 million.

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill to boost rural broadband in rural and tribal areas.

Having high-speed broadband is an national infrastructure asset for public services, schools and colleges, businesses, and citizens. Its is for the national good and deserves federal support.

 

[koshergrl]

Republicans don't mind forcing us city folk to pay for their sorry asses.

The Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act is meant to close the rural digital divide by providing new federal grants for high-speed broadband buildouts to supplement the money already available through the USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

It would also double the RUS broadband program funding to $50 million.

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill to boost rural broadband in rural and tribal areas.

Having high-speed broadband is an national infrastructure asset for public services, schools and colleges, businesses, and citizens. Its is for the national good and deserves federal support.

No, it really isn't. We don't fucking want it at the cost of federal control of communication, thanks.

 

[Meathead]

Why Rural America Voted for Trump

Ignorance! Trump's "poorly educated" cult.

How do you explain the black vote then?

 

[g5000]

Rural America voted for a totally inexperienced candidate who gave them HOPE because they wanted CHANGE.

Deja vu all over again.

 

[sealybobo]

Republicans don't mind forcing us city folk to pay for their sorry asses.

The Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act is meant to close the rural digital divide by providing new federal grants for high-speed broadband buildouts to supplement the money already available through the USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

It would also double the RUS broadband program funding to $50 million.

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill to boost rural broadband in rural and tribal areas.

Having high-speed broadband is an national infrastructure asset for public services, schools and colleges, businesses, and citizens. Its is for the national good and deserves federal support.

As a liberal I agree but as a con I say fuck those rural fucks. Let them pay out of pocket to lay the wire out to their rural farms. They mock us city folk because we don't live their way of live, well welcome to free market capitalism. Corporations won't pay to lay the pipe or wire because it's not profitable. So these red fucks want us to chip in so they can have high speed? Fuck that!

This is the same reason we came up with the post office, which by the way cons hate that too. But we said, "it's not fair the rural fucks out in BFE have to pay so much to have a mailman deliver mail. So we pooled our resources and spread the cost out so it costs them the same to mail a letter as it does us, even though we are in heavily populated areas. I say again, fuck that. Let them pay $30 to mail a fucking letter. If it's not profitable for the post office to send a mailman out to pick up your fucking letter then lets run the Post Office like a business and charge those cock suckers a lot to pick up their mail. Maybe then they'll get it.

 

[Meathead]

Republicans don't mind forcing us city folk to pay for their sorry asses.

The Broadband Connections for Rural Opportunities Program Act is meant to close the rural digital divide by providing new federal grants for high-speed broadband buildouts to supplement the money already available through the USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

It would also double the RUS broadband program funding to $50 million.

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced a bill to boost rural broadband in rural and tribal areas.

Having high-speed broadband is an national infrastructure asset for public services, schools and colleges, businesses, and citizens. Its is for the national good and deserves federal support.

As a liberal I agree but as a con I say fuck those rural fucks. Let them pay out of pocket to lay the wire out to their rural farms. They mock us city folk because we don't live their way of live, well welcome to free market capitalism. Corporations won't pay to lay the pipe or wire because it's not profitable. So these red fucks want us to chip in so they can have high speed? Fuck that!

This is the same reason we came up with the post office, which by the way cons hate that too. But we said, "it's not fair the rural fucks out in BFE have to pay so much to have a mailman deliver mail. So we pooled our resources and spread the cost out so it costs them the same to mail a letter as it does us, even though we are in heavily populated areas. I say again, fuck that. Let them pay $30 to mail a fucking letter. If it's not profitable for the post office to send a mailman out to pick up your fucking letter then lets run the Post Office like a business and charge those cock suckers a lot to pick up their mail. Maybe then they'll get it.

Lighten up with the butt hurt malaka!