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0 pointskrrrh8y ago0 comments

Those programs are infrastructure, or a nearly universal benefit. Corporate welfare to a specific sector of the economy is totally different. There’s also no reason a farm subsidy couldn’t exclude tobacco.

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throwawayjava8y ago

Apparently the reason is "[tobacco growers] contribute a lot to this country" [1].

You know, as opposed to all of the non-federally-subsidized occupations that contribute literally-anything-other-than-lung-cancer to the country...

I'm assuming the $1.1 million Tobacco spent keeping Richard Burr in office helps him not think too hard about such things [2].

[1] http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/301645-senate-r...

[2] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article1...

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