Summary
Federal funding cuts under Trump, including a $500 million program for food banks to buy local produce, are hitting rural communities like Rainelle, West Virginia, especially hard.
Dairy producer Trey Yates lost a key contract with Mountaineer Food Bank, threatening his business. Similar stories emerged from other small farmers relying on USDA grants now eliminated.
West Virginia, where Trump won 70% of the vote, relies on federal funds for over half its state budget.
Critics warn cuts will deepen poverty, strain schools, and devastate local agriculture-dependent economies.
Yep. You want to slash the Federal budget? Making red states and billionaires pay their fair share will go a long way.
And you won’t have to fire Federal workers to do it.
Of course that would only work if they gave a shit about the budget as opposed to whatever the fuck this governmental smash & grab this is.