Good for the economy and good for the FARM economy is 2 different things. IMO all farm subsidies should be cut. Why should I have to pay for my food twice, once at tax time and again in the store? Farmers make up about 1% of the population so if their economy is failing it has little effect on the overall economy.
As far as small town America? Depends on the area how they are doing. But they will never, ever be what they once were. Today you have one farmer doing what it took 5-10 farmers years ago. So that's 4-9 fewer farm families supporting local businesses. Most businesses can't take a 90% reduction is sales and 40% is devastating. And that is what happened to the "local farm communities" of yesteryear. Then too with the change of farming came job reductions in town that further reduced the customer base. No big farming is here to stay.
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