President Trump will "propose spending billions on health care, infrastructure, business loans and internet access in rural America, a key part of his constituency as he seeks reelection," when he presents his budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, reports David Jackson of USA Today. "Trump is expected to make a major appeal to rural voters in his reelection campaign, especially as it relates to farmers in key states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin."
Most of the items in the list appear to be for existing programs and mandatory spending. "Some could be applied to urban and suburban areas as well," Jackson writes. "Also, there is no way these plans will pass Congress intact, certainly not in an election year and with Democrats controlling the House. These days, Congress doesn’t pass annual budgets per se. They approve a series of temporary spending plans to keep the government funded."
Democrats running for the nomination to face Trump "have said that Trump’s policies have been bad for rural America, particularly farmers," Jackson notes. "They have focused on tariffs on China and other countries that have raised the prices of products and make it harder for U.S. farmers to sell goods overseas. . . . Priorities USA, the largest Democratic super PAC focused on the presidential election, said polling in battleground states shows that 'rural voters do have a slightly favorable opinion of Trump and his work on the economy.' But it added that rural residents 'are concerned about health care and also don’t see themselves as thriving under Trump’s economy.'"
On the other side, Democrats running for president "say that Trump’s economic policies – including tariffs, tax cuts, and regulation reductions – favor the wealthy at the expense of farmers and other residents of rural America," Jackson notes. He lists several items that Trump administration officials provided, on the condition of anonymity "because the budget has not yet been released," including $25 billion for a new “Revitalizing Rural America” grant program to help areas with broadband, transportation, water and road and bridge projects.
Most of the items in the list appear to be for existing programs and mandatory spending. "Some could be applied to urban and suburban areas as well," Jackson writes. "Also, there is no way these plans will pass Congress intact, certainly not in an election year and with Democrats controlling the House. These days, Congress doesn’t pass annual budgets per se. They approve a series of temporary spending plans to keep the government funded."
Democrats running for the nomination to face Trump "have said that Trump’s policies have been bad for rural America, particularly farmers," Jackson notes. "They have focused on tariffs on China and other countries that have raised the prices of products and make it harder for U.S. farmers to sell goods overseas. . . . Priorities USA, the largest Democratic super PAC focused on the presidential election, said polling in battleground states shows that 'rural voters do have a slightly favorable opinion of Trump and his work on the economy.' But it added that rural residents 'are concerned about health care and also don’t see themselves as thriving under Trump’s economy.'"
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