Andylusion
Platinum Member
Rural America is kept alive by a whole host of government programs, from farm subsidies to subsidized government loans
Yeah, and I heard the same thing in the 1990s when they were pushing welfare reform, that "These people are only kept alive by government welfare and food stamps!" they promised me that if we cut welfare and food stamps, people would die in the streets.
Instead, people just got jobs and found a way to make a living, instead of being a public tick sucking the blood from working people.
I wager that if you cut all those subsidies, that people would be just fine. They find other ways to make money.