[hinckley buzzard]

the author Jacobs attempts to decipher what most all liberals think is baffling — that “rural America” seems to be willing to “vote against it’s own interests” given all the things government wants to do for them. What the liberals never get is that there are values more important to Americans than mere government handouts.

[redangus]

And that rural America has learned that all those government programs come with many strings attached. There ain’t no free lunch. You want to partake of a ‘helpful’ government program you will do as your betters tell you.

[FLT-bird]

the author Jacobs attempts to decipher what most all liberals think is baffling — that “rural America” seems to be willing to “vote against it’s own interests” given all the things government wants to do for them. What the liberals never get is that there are values more important to Americans than mere government handouts.

or that anybody could believe it not in their interest to be controlled by and entirely beholden to, government.