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The blue dots are almost a picture-perfect portrait of the urban areas. The red dots, conversely, outline the rural. The producers. This election, more than any election I have witnessed in the context of this place, struck fear into the hearts of the producers of this country. We had record voter turnouts, and record new-voter registrations, levels unheard of in any past election.
Are you joking?
Urban areas generate GDP while rural areas receive 20 billion plus in farm subsidies. If you believe food is the only commodity that matters try building a tractor or weather satellite from sand and corn.
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Property taxes for farmers are outrageous ... but if you want to start point "subsidy" fingers, who gets more subsidy money? Large urban areas.
Federal subsidized housing cost $28 Billion in 2011 ....
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But your still ignoring that urban areas spend more because they make more since:
a: US has more exports than just agricultural
b: modern agricultural is dependant on products produced in urban areas.
My point is that a lot of the republican self righteousness seems to come from look at allocation per land area unit rather than per capita.
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You can't eat money.
Cities do not provide food, and are reliant on agriculture to feed them.
