young is known as an environmental and political activist and his views can sometimes be found in the lyrics of his songs. he is a long-time supporter of the family farmer. in 1985 young, along with willie nelson and john mellencamp, co-founded the benefit concert called farm aid which has continued every year to help raise money to keep farmers in business. he also did not support george w. bush when he was the president of the united states, and even wrote a song called "let's impeach the president" about how he thought bush should lose his powers.