The Trump and Republican Push To Eliminate South Dakota’s Small Family Farms Is in Full Swing

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed by the Trump-Republican Congress is another giant step in the unrelenting attack on rural America. Adding more insult to injury is the $1.1 billion in cuts to Public Broadcasting — a critical resource for many of us in South Dakota. Unfortunately, Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds, and Rep. Dusty Johnson didn’t see its value.

The message from the Trump Administration and GOP is clear — everything will be privatized. The passage of the BBB (which should be called Bankrupting, Bawdy, and Biased) is just another transfer of wealth to the top.

South Dakota’s main industry is agriculture. Historically, the ag sector does very well under Democratic administrations going back to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Contrast that to Republican administrations from Eisenhower forward, the ag sector has struggled. It’s an easy fact to check or ask a farmer — they lived through it.