Changing a commonwealth long mired in poverty perpetuated by misguided policies designed to satisfy voracious appetites for ever-more government programs, dollars and dependency takes more than a single election and politicians whose top priority is maneuvering simply to survive voters’ next trip to the polls.
Forget, for a moment, what’s wrong with the Republicans in Washington, D.C. after they added another gazillion dollars to the deficit with their latest spending plan, reluctantly but nevertheless signed by President Trump.
“American farmers are collateral damage in Trump’s trade war.” This was the March 23 headline in Mother Jones Magazine, in stark contrast to the president’s words just three days earlier. “Our Nation was founded by farmers,” he tweeted. “Our independence was won by farmers. And our continent was tamed by farmers. Our farmers always lead the way -- we are PROUD of them, and we are DELIVERING for them!”