Stuck in West Virginia

[Yonnie3]

Stuck

A Reason writer returns to Appalachia to ask: Why don't people who live in places with no opportunity just leave?

I last visited McDowell County, West Virginia, over 40 years ago. Even then, I was already an outsider, a visitor to my family's past.

...

Today, nearly 47 percent of all personal income in the county is from Social Security, disability insurance, food stamps (now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP)

http://reason.com/archives/2016/12/10/stuck

It is a long read but there is much food for thought.

[msongs]

1. to implement trump's cost cutting, every red state should lose all federal funding and programs :-)

no SS, no medicare, no federal food programs or welfare, nothing...

[Yonnie3]

3. On the other hand ...

The group I talk with at Mount View High School are super-excited about the field trip to the Democratic National Convention they took. Because of the AFT connections, they received VIP tickets and got to watch Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton speak. "Just breathing the same air as President Obama was exciting," says senior Selena Collins.

[3catwoman3]

2. Very interesting, indeed.

Let's guess how they voted, despite the amount of government assistance they are receiving.

[Yonnie3]

5. No need to guess

They voted 75% for Trump.

[guillaumeb]

6. But they are receiving that assistance because of:

black people stealing their jobs, and
illegals stealing their jobs, and
Moooslims stealing their jobs, and
a thousand other reasons. To believe any other way would cause severe cognitive dissonance.

[underpants]

4. WV. Thanks

Marking for later read.