Megan Dahle on her subsidized farm.
This might come as being a shock to conservatives who’ve already voted by mail in tomorrow’s 1st Assembly District special election that is primary but Megan Dahle may possibly not be the “proven conservative” she’s advertised to be.
Dahle is operating for her husband 1st District State Sen. Brian Dahle’s previous assembly seat against fellow Republicans Patrick Henry Jones, Lane Rickard and Joe Turner and Democrat Elizabeth Betancourt. If no prospect gets significantly more than 50 percent regarding the vote that is primary Tues., Aug. 27, the most effective two will face-off in November.
A week ago we endorsed Betancourt as the choice that is obvious anyone interested in seeing success restored to the first District, since she’s on board using the state’s ambitious plans to adapt to climate change, that could bring thousands of jobs to the area.
Coincidentally, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stopped by fire-stricken Paradise the other day to reveal his $16.3 trillion federal intend to deal with weather change through 2030. The future prosperity associated with north state is dependent on both the state and federal plans being implemented.
But such big public works programs are anathema to Betancourt’s four opponents, who don’t see climate modification as being a pressing issue and share the conservative ideology that the economy is most effective when government measures out from the way and allows the free market to the office its secret.
“No new taxes” is the mantra and Prop. 13 is the touchstone. During the candidate forum held earlier this month in Redding, only Betancourt supported the Sch ls and Communities First state initiative that will be in the November 2020 state ballot. It will split residential and commercial property tax rolls, eliminating a Prop if it passes. 13 l phole that presently allows big corporations to avoid spending $10 billion annually in home fees.
Like her conservative cohorts at the forum, Dahle’s support for Prop. 13’s sanctity was unequivocal.
“ I would vote to guide Prop. 13 as is,” she said during the forum. Meaning she doesn’t help splitting the domestic and property that is commercial rolls.
Dahle reiterates this stance on her behalf campaign fliers, claiming she supports “the middle class by protecting Prop. 13 and repealing high gas fees.”
But her campaign’s site tells a different story.
On the internet site, it states she “supports Prop. 13.”
In the line just underneath that, it claims she “approved split tax roll.”
“WTF?!” your average state that is north voter is entitled to ask. “Is that a typo? Does she help changing Prop. 13 as we know it? Sacrilege!”
Can it be a typo? Or perhaps is Dahle stealthily playing both relative edges for the electorate, like her spouse in previous campaigns? My email to Sen. Dahle’s chief-of-staff inquiring about the presssing problem has so far maybe not been answered.
Screen capture of Megan Dahle’s campaign internet site.
Within the meantime, I’ve discovered more pr f questioning the Dahles’ conservative credentials, or lack thereof, plus it’s all as a result of President Donald “Tariff Man” Trump.
The other day, right after declaring himself “the chosen one” whenever it comes to dealing with China on trade, Trump re-instated vast amounts of dollars in tariffs on Chinese manufactured g ds. The Chinese have retaliated by putting yet more tariffs on US farm g ds, cutting US farmers away from what for many was their export that is primary market.
Trump claims that the tariffs which are being covered by Asia, however in reality, they’re taxes compensated by U.S. importers of Chinese items who then spread the extra cost to American customers. Trump also claims the tens of dollars gathered in tariffs are far more than enough to pay farmers that are american their losings, that is also questionable.
According to the ecological Working Group, which researches farm subsidies among other health that is environmental financial issues, the tariffs collected so far have fallen short of the total amount needed to bail down farmers. The gap will be filled by U.S. taxpayers. a significant part of the payments thus far happen distributed to “city slickers” who don’t also farm for a living, including distant family relations of farmers and agricultural lobbyists. You are able to read more about that here.
Anyway, that got me personally thinking about farm subsidies, since Megan Dahle mimics her spouse on the campaign trail by constantly touting her status as a farmer/small business proprietor fighting government that is excessive.
She states on one campaign flier I received in the mail“ I own and operate Big Valley Seed Company. “As a business that is small, I am aware what it’s like to deal with unjust government rules.”
She additionally knows just what it’s prefer to be in the end that is receiving of largess. The Dahles have received $251,530 in total USDA conservation, disaster and commodity farm subsidies since 1995 in fact, according to EWG. That’s roughly $11,000 per year in additional income that’s not accessible by your typical little non-farming business.
The amount pales in comparison to your $5.5 million in farm subsidies doled out to conservative Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s family rice farm over the time that is same, including $145,107 in 2018. However, it confirms that the conservative principle that federal government shouldn’t intervene in areas totally breaks down when the conservative is on the obtaining end of this intervention.
Therefore, Sen. Brian Dahle, as an assemblyman, voted against extending the state’s cap-and-trade greenhouse gasoline decrease investment even while he raided the investment to subsidize the Burney biomass plant, which will have shuttered otherwise. The Dahles’ trucking company makes a lot more furfling mobile site than $10,000 ash that is annually hauling the plant and would have lost its primary customer minus the subsidy.
Similarly, candidate Megan Dahle, whom calls by herself a “proven conservative,” has also proven she’s completely capable of accepting government subsidies when they’re offered, even though she preaches against such welfare programs for, say, p r people.
Issue for 1st District Assembly District’s conservative voters is this Does it matter in case a candidate whom assumes the conservative mantle doesn’t strictly adhere to conservative maxims?