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KY_EnviroGuy

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44. Changes in food stamp requirements may kill many mountain folk or...

Sun Feb 10, 2019, 05:32 PM

Feb 2019

drive more into drugs and crime. Children - our future generations - are suffering the most. I was raised by low-income folks and in my youth, I never saw poverty in TN at this level of desperation.

I've sadly watched my original home state go downhill for over 50 years. I can vaguely recall the Al Gore, Sr. days and at least in middle TN, all everyday folks voted Democrat and had forever. The only Republicans were the wealthy. That was before the Southern strategy.......

RAM is a good cause and has been worthy of a contribution from us in the past. These days in retirement, supporting both charity and political causes is becoming beyond our capacity. I think that's where Republicans want us to be.

PS: My best friend in college (TTU, around '65) is from Greenback!......

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This stark photo taken this week in Knoxville tells a very different story about the economy [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 OP

Those faces are nocoincidences Feb 2019 #1

Republicans have been causing things like this for decades. pangaia Feb 2019 #71

+1 sandensea Feb 2019 #75

repubs DownriverDem Feb 2019 #105

"This is not what we stand for" FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #107

That is just G**Damn Sad Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #2

but the rich are happy happy happy Larrybanal Feb 2019 #51

And these are the people who came out... Mars and Minerva Feb 2019 #58

I'm pretty sure it looks like this across America MagickMuffin Feb 2019 #3

But, but jayschool2013 Feb 2019 #69

You left out gays...n/t bluecollar2 Feb 2019 #81

This is maddening and very sad. Desert grandma Feb 2019 #4

Exactly. volstork Feb 2019 #65

This is what a third-world country looks like. area51 Feb 2019 #5

3rd World is right, as the UN Rapporteur Found in 2018, appalachiablue Feb 2019 #73

I traveled the Hollywood Freeway between Hollywood and LibDemAlways Feb 2019 #82

I saw much in the news for CA, PNW, HI, etc. only by searching. appalachiablue Feb 2019 #83

Even third world countries have better health care services for the poor than the US ansible Feb 2019 #85

This is heartbreaking. sheshe2 Feb 2019 #6

Didn't Tennessee go for Trump in the election? Aristus Feb 2019 #7

They always vote R with rare exceptions. Duppers Feb 2019 #21

East Tennessee is hard core Republican and has been for a very long time yellowdogintexas Feb 2019 #78

I feel sadness seeing this. I also just checked how Knox County voted in '16 & '18... DontBooVote Feb 2019 #8

They vote that way because they don't make the connection. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #12

+1 this. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #47

Yep. volstork Feb 2019 #67

Jesus. Straight out of a Dickens novel. SMC22307 Feb 2019 #9

Geez, bdamomma Feb 2019 #29

Awful ck4829 Feb 2019 #90

These type clinics occur once or twice a year in areas near me as well. SW Virginia. Cars will be dameatball Feb 2019 #10

2018: Northam to visit free health clinic in Southwest Virginia mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #11

Yep that's it. underpants Feb 2019 #22

"Like you'd expect to see in South Sudan or Haiti" dalton99a Feb 2019 #33

"I really think that they don't have any clue what's going on,"... pangaia Feb 2019 #72

There a group that goes out to the far western end of Virginia underpants Feb 2019 #13

The Cumberland Gap is closer to Detroit and Atlanta than it is to Richmond, mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #16

Cumberland Gap TN - Richmond 409 Atlanta 272 Detroit 486 underpants Feb 2019 #19

The far southwest corner of VA is farther west than Toledo Recursion Feb 2019 #97

Our own domestic caravans facing a wall of unaffordable healthcare. n/t MarcA Feb 2019 #31

I grew up in Buchanan County. X_Digger Feb 2019 #60

This is life in District 13 RightiswrongTn Feb 2019 #14

Spot on underpants Feb 2019 #23

This is drumpf healthcare and he owns this whole sh'tty disgraceful mess. democratisphere Feb 2019 #15

Not just trump, but ALL republicans... pangaia Feb 2019 #74

+1 ck4829 Feb 2019 #91

This is DEPRESSION ERA-looking stuff. Just infuriating. If I hear another billionaire bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #17

Yes, and if the pic was in black and white would really look like it. Yes, incredibly Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #34

That's what it reminds me of, too. calimary Feb 2019 #84

As if the USA economy could not afford to help everyone in it. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #18

Difference between GOP and Democrats zipplewrath Feb 2019 #104

Here's the event: Remote Area Medical's 'milestone' 1,000th free clinic mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #20

Capitalism at its finest right there. mountain grammy Feb 2019 #24

I would bet every voting age person in this photo voted republican lynintenn Feb 2019 #25

Our State House and Senate in TN are bastions of ignorance redstateblues Feb 2019 #32

Remote Area Medical (ramusa.org) TNNurse Feb 2019 #26

Changes in food stamp requirements may kill many mountain folk or... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #44

That is such a shame. I used to visit Knoxville on business 30 yrs ago... Mars and Minerva Feb 2019 #55

I live in Blount County. TNNurse Feb 2019 #59

It really is just so beautiful there. And everyone seems so open and friendly... Mars and Minerva Feb 2019 #80

Reminiscent of Dorothea Lange's photos of poverty in the Depression. SeattleVet Feb 2019 #27

Have a physician friend in Knoxville who Duppers Feb 2019 #28

60 Minutes did a segment on the clinics --- maybe 15 years ago. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #30

We are not a civilized country ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #35

Of course, Tennessee didn't expand Medicaid TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #36

Tenncare nor Medicaid provides dental care nor eyecare except for children. lynintenn Feb 2019 #49

And it will be hard to get a better job with really bad teeth TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author NNadir Feb 2019 #37

It is way past time for health care for all scarytomcat Feb 2019 #38

also time for Medicare to cover dental and vision and hearing. Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #110

yes very true scarytomcat Feb 2019 #112

Los Angeles Times did a story some years back. For me the enduring image was "buckets of teeth"... Hekate Feb 2019 #39

Reminds me of another time in this country UpInArms Feb 2019 #40

Exactly what i thought of klook Feb 2019 #53

Except they were lining up for food, not optometry Recursion Feb 2019 #93

Yes ... needs are different UpInArms Feb 2019 #96

republicans too busy counting up their TaxScam loot to pay any attention Achilleaze Feb 2019 #41

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Feb 2019 #42

San Francisco, 1988. Aussie105 Feb 2019 #43

Repugs would write THIS headline... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #45

Statistics Can Always Be Manipulated dlk Feb 2019 #46

Ask these people where the emergency is. ooky Feb 2019 #48

so sad and maddening. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #50

Heartbreaking. Unbelievable this is America. Agreed with many of the posters in this thread. c-rational Feb 2019 #52

MAGA JI7 Feb 2019 #56

First I've heard of travelling health care Aussie105 Feb 2019 #57

They have been doing this in the Appalchian mountains area BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #61

Just wait until the Aussie government turns on you and you can't protect yourself IronLionZion Feb 2019 #92

They have even smaller clinics to really get into the back country Recursion Feb 2019 #95

As Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out, yea, let's take Billions of tax payer dollars for sports staduims pdsimdars Feb 2019 #62

Fully implementing Obamacare should be private insurance's last chance mjvpi Feb 2019 #63

But unemployment is down? loyalsister Feb 2019 #64

Recommended. panader0 Feb 2019 #66

Are there no poor houses, no debtors prisons? JDC Feb 2019 #68

Poverty, under educated population & lack of opportunity Alwaysna Feb 2019 #70

We Need to Keep these Photos in the Public Mind McKim Feb 2019 #76

Greatest country on earth my Aunt Tillie. llmart Feb 2019 #77

Medicare for all will not cover dental care, nor vision care; or will it? YOHABLO Feb 2019 #79

Nope. Canada's and the UK's systems don't either Recursion Feb 2019 #94

You Know Who These People Are? Roy Rolling Feb 2019 #86

Th only examples of Orangie's great economy are the very rich who are very happy being napi21 Feb 2019 #87

Very sad. BlueJac Feb 2019 #88

K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #89

our local GOP leader is whining that relatives no longer speak to her 47of74 Feb 2019 #98

And yet, for sure a large number of these folks voted for Trump. SKKY Feb 2019 #99

Greatest healthcare system in da world! Nt BootinUp Feb 2019 #100

RAM (Remote Area Medical) is a wonderful organization, founded by Stan Brock. Mr. Brock Cousin Dupree Feb 2019 #101

Anyone hand out voter registration cards? NM Grins Feb 2019 #102

Most Just Can't Know... StarzGuy Feb 2019 #103

Rwanda has national healthcare! Rw-fking-wanda! OMGWTF Feb 2019 #106

Wonder how we'd do with Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Jeanine Pirro or Kirstjen Nielsen in charge? FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #108

Hmmmm, not a Medicade Expansion State Liberal In Texas Feb 2019 #109

K&R samplegirl Feb 2019 #111