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(JD Crowe/jdcrowe@al.com)

America First. Sounds good.

But what does Donald Trump's America First mean? Does it mean America's military, the biggest baddest fighting machine the world has ever seen, should be dramatically increased at the expense of our country's water, air, education, arts, sciences, sick, poor and elderly?

The real people on the dirt floor of Alabama and other rural red states will be among the most affected by the cuts proposed in Trump's wall-building, defense-heavy itinerary.

Trump's budget is just a proposal at this point. There's still some politickin' to be done. But we can see where we're headed.

Maybe it'll be good for us. Maybe we need to get toughened up, kicked in the teeth. It's what we voted for. Hurts so good.

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