Redbug
Veteran Member
About farming over here. Good. Just watch it.
By design? As I have stated for years, it is not fixable because there is nobody left that is convinced that the cost is higher than that free money. Convenience will one day be the currency of our demise.Almost all of rural America would be uninhabitable without aid from the federal government.
Look up your state here and see what percent of births are paid for by Medicaid:
Births Financed by Medicaid | KFF
www.kff.org
Look up your county here and see what percent of personal income is transfer payments from the federal government:
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The Contributions of Government Transfer Payments to Personal Income - farmdoc daily
Mark White - Mark White - Contributions to personal income vary widely. Many working-age Americans rely heavily on the income earned from wage and salary jobs. Other Americans — particularly many older Americans — rely more on government transfer payments. This farmdoc daily article shows how...farmdocdaily.illinois.edu
Look up your state here and see how much of state and local budgets come from federal aid:
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Which states rely the most on federal aid? | USAFacts
A fifth of state and local government revenues come from federal funding.usafacts.org