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What our family has done is participate in the farm programs. And so the farm programs I think essentially almost every farmer in South Dakota has participated in those, and they haven't been bailouts they have been programs that the United States has put forward for farmers to participate in.
Cory, please refer to Sam Hurst's Dakota Day article. It is worth the read.http://dakotaday.com/KW
I love her logic. If it's national security related it's ok.So by that logic, the bailout were essential to our national security. We certainly don't want foreign companies buying up our banks! It's nice to see that Noem was in favor of the bailouts.Her other choice description was calling farmer welfare programs "programs put forth by the government". If a program that is put forth by the government can hand out money to farmers, why can't they hand out cash to anyone else? Noem cerainly can't be against welfare, unemployment insurance, medicare, social security, etc. These are all simply programs put forth by the government, right?
Logic, Tony? There was logic?You capture the argument's flaws perfectly, Tony. Her language about "programs put forth by the government" sounds very weaselly, very passive voice, distant from responsibility... and distant from exactly the logical conclusions you point out she has to face. Imagine the national security nightmare we could face if we crashed the economy, couldn't afford fuel for our bombers and tanks, and had to quell worker riots here at home.
If it's something she likes, they're "programs." If they're something she doesn't like (even if, like the stimulus, it saved or created over 1 million jobs), they're "government waste."Can't have it both ways, Kristi.
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Cory, please refer to Sam Hurst's Dakota Day article. It is worth the read.
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I love her logic. If it's national security related it's ok.
ReplyDeleteSo by that logic, the bailout were essential to our national security. We certainly don't want foreign companies buying up our banks! It's nice to see that Noem was in favor of the bailouts.
Her other choice description was calling farmer welfare programs "programs put forth by the government". If a program that is put forth by the government can hand out money to farmers, why can't they hand out cash to anyone else? Noem cerainly can't be against welfare, unemployment insurance, medicare, social security, etc. These are all simply programs put forth by the government, right?
Logic, Tony? There was logic?
ReplyDeleteYou capture the argument's flaws perfectly, Tony. Her language about "programs put forth by the government" sounds very weaselly, very passive voice, distant from responsibility... and distant from exactly the logical conclusions you point out she has to face. Imagine the national security nightmare we could face if we crashed the economy, couldn't afford fuel for our bombers and tanks, and had to quell worker riots here at home.
If it's something she likes, they're "programs." If they're something she doesn't like (even if, like the stimulus, it saved or created over 1 million jobs), they're "government waste."
ReplyDeleteCan't have it both ways, Kristi.
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