You need to go check out small town west virginia. A massive minority of the people are on some form of government subsidy. It is reasonable to conclude he is n

You need to go check out small town west virginia. A massive minority of the people are on some form of government subsidy. It is reasonable to conclude he is not punching down, he is noticing a genuine problem in his community (that he has misidentified that as a reason his taxes are so high rather than as a massive subsidy for the region from outside rural west virginia causing at most a small increase in country wide taxes is unfortunate but i cant really blame him, you tend to notice what is plain as day in front of you rather than the subtlety behind that when you are mad about your situation)