> They turned out in droves to cut food stamps to fund large tax cuts. They can't get SNAP so, again, burning down SNAP doesn't feel like a catastrophe. W

> They turned out in droves to cut food stamps to fund large tax cuts. They can't get SNAP so, again, burning down SNAP doesn't feel like a catastrophe. When calls to aid the poor and vulnerable consistently omit most counties, we ought to be not stupid; we ought to expect those counties to become estranged. Estranged, vulnerable people are more likely to be susceptible to manipulation because that's how people work. If this -> We Need To Help The Rural Poor In A Consistent And Meaningful Way <- will never be on the table, that's a decision. Own it.