Is It the Washington Post or Is It Reason.com?

I continue to take note of the sharp difference between the editorial policies of the Washington Post prior to its acquisition by Jeff Bezos and its present editorial policy. At times I’m not sure whether I’m reading a Washington Post editorial or a post at Reason.com (a libertarian organization/journal). The most recent example is this editorial on President Trump’s offer to bail out farmers:

President Donald Trump is trying to rescue vulnerable Republicans in the Midwest by promising an $8 billion bailout for farmers two weeks before the midterms. That would bring direct federal payments to farmers this fiscal year to about $55 billion. The amount is about a quarter of what farms add annually to U.S. gross domestic product and nearly five times the level of direct payments in 2017.

I don’t support either President Trump or farm subsidies. As should be no surprise IMO the Trump Administration’s most recent offer is feckless. Here’s the part I found interesting:

Farmers face real hardships. Diesel prices per gallon have risen about 75 percent and trade disruptions from the Iran war have boosted fertilizer prices. Pointless trade wars and tariffs have reduced foreign markets where American farmers can sell their crops and have raised prices for equipment. Ranchers have also voiced frustration at the chilling effect immigration raids have had on the meatpacking workforce.

That’s the sole mention of migrant workers, immigrants, immigration, or immigration enforcement in the piece. That’s interesting considering that, if the Trump Administration has a key focus, I would think it was immigration enforcement.

I think it would be interesting if the editors quantified the effects of those on farmers. I would genuinely like to know their relative impacts. I don’t know what their relative importance to farmers might be. Maybe their significance is cumulative.