u/Educational-Mix9112

Outside of cultural issues like religion, immigration, guns, war, and social values, I genuinely feel like I’m missing part of the logic behind why conservative economic policies are so strongly supported in some Red states.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding that conservatives generally support some of the following ideas:

- Lower taxes
- Less regulation on businesses (both small businesses and large corporations)
- More local/state control instead of federal government control
- Less government assistance for housing, education, food, and healthcare

But this is what confuses me:

Red states tend to use more government assistance overall than blue states.

Small businesses often suffer when large corporations are not regulated.

Poor and working-class people can suffer when worker protections and regulations are removed.

And For those that would have less education, lower income jobs maybe all that that’s available so multiple adults would probably have to work. (culture shift concept stay home mom push)

Lower taxes would logically mean less funding available for social programs, farming subsidies, infrastructure, healthcare, schools, etc. That so many depend on.

Also, many of the frustrating issues people complain about — housing restrictions, permits, licensing, zoning, and business rules — often come from local or state governments, not necessarily the federal government.

So I don’t fully understand why many Americans seem:
- opposed to government assistance,
- frustrated by state regulations,
- but also resistant to stronger federal oversight of large corporations. & anti-Monopoly or oligarch policies.

Especially Considering that on average BLUE states tend to have higher education levels, higher incomes, and more wealthy populations overall. If those groups are more likely to be business/corporation owners affected by regulations & less likely to personally need assistance, why do they still tend to support higher taxes, regulations, and Democratic policies more strongly?

Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

As of today - The news in the United States keeps saying that they haven’t identified whether or not the virus is the Andes strain. Yet I watched a BBC video from two days ago, and they’re saying that they already identified it as the Andes strain.

Why does it matter? Because this particular strain can be passed human-to-human, whereas the other strains cannot be passed human-to-human.

Why are they lying to us?

Note:
(I’m not trying to write this to make people afraid of the virus. I don’t think at this time fear is necessary however I’m trying to show that we’re not getting all the information.)

What else are they lying to us about?

I recently heard that the news in other countries is reporting vastly different numbers regarding how many United States soldiers have passed away compared to what is being reported to us here. It’s one thing to have the “fake news” wars between different political parties and their news channels… but if we are actually getting different news than other countries, that is a very different and scary situation.

I just don’t know who to trust anymore.

What have you heard about the virus in the news? Is it the same as what the BBC is saying?

Do you think other countries are getting different information than we are on most things?