Virtuous Rural America Clearly Doesn't Need Help From The Evil Federal Gov! Some Examples

[hatrack]

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City of Independence A $49,200 grant will assist in purchasing emergency equipment for first responders. Project funds will purchase new cardiac monitors; new Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus equipment; and a new law enforcement vehicle. This partnership, which will benefit 9,483 people, is made possible with a $91,500 contribution from the applicant.

City of Burr Oak A $16,000 grant will assist in purchasing and installing new street signs throughout the city. Street signs are critical for 911 calls and will assist the residents and visitor with accurate directions and addresses for daily activities. This partnership, which will benefit 174 people, is made possible with a $2,923 contribution from the applicant, $13,500 from Dane Hanson and $1,200 from community donations.

City of McCune A $6,200 grant will assist in purchasing furniture for the new McCune City Hall. Project funds will help to purchase a desk; a large safe to store community records; a new heating/air conditioning unit; a through the wall drop box; a storage cabinet; bookshelves; and tables and chairs. This partnership, which will benefit 405 people, is made possible with a $5,142 contribution from the applicant.

City of Ellinwood A $3,900 grant will assist in purchasing new computer equipment for city workers to increase computer security from cyber-attacks. This partnership, which will benefit 2,131 people, is made possible with a $7,400 contribution from the applicant.

“The USDA’s Community Facilities program can use loans and grants to assist rural communities in providing needed infrastructure to helps towns thrive,” Hinrichsen said. “Under the leadership of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand, USDA is dedicated to rural communities and their long-term commitments to economic prosperity; because when rural America prospers, all of America prospers.” According to the Department, the investments were made through the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program and can be used to build or upgrade schools, libraries, clinics and public safety facilities.

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https://www.wibw.com/2020/11/04/usda-invests-1728-million-in-kansas-infrastructure/

So the God-fearin' Trump-votin' two-fisted bootstrap-tugging Real Americans of these Kansas towns are unable to purchase:

Police cars

Cardiac Monitors

Air packs for firefighters

Computers

Tables

Chairs

Street signs

without assistance from the USDA.

'MURCA!!!!

[Yavin4]

1. Without Blue state tax dollars, folks in the Red states would starve to death.

Blue states literally carry states like KS.

[hatrack]

3. And to be clear, I don't resent assistance for something like this . . .

Michael Lewis points out in "The Fifth Risk" that without the kind of programs USDA provides, much of rural America would be essentially a Third World country.

I just wish rural America's residents would STFU about "tyranny", "federal overreach" and "self-reliance".

[Yavin4]

4. After Trump, I'm losing my empathy for them.

Maybe starving is the only way to get them to change.

[hatrack]

5. At this point, I'm wondering if there's a clue-by-four that's big enough . . .

[KPN]

2. So much inequity in our current system -- liberal where "we" (meaning red states) wanna be.

It does strike me that if tRump were a D, Kansas would likely have been weaned from a substantial percent of those federal $.

[JohnQFunk]

6. Just don't call them "moochers"!

That would be rude.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

7. We live around them.

They sit and talk all day about how much they hate the government, then they go down and cash their government check.