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Blue_true

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27. We import a lot of food in cities. It is possible to feed cities on imports,

Reply to former9thward (Reply #12)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 09:06 PM

Jul 2019

and get rid of farm support money and other money thrown at farmers. We could easily import Canadian milk and milk products and likely be healthier.

Having said that, we can and should move more high tech jobs into rural parts of the country to balance economies in those places. A lot of jobs in design and software don't require a presence in a high tech hotbed, all they require is the skills to do the job.

Moving such jobs around to less populated places would reduce the pressure on rents in hightech hotbeds and it would bring needed revenue and young people to the less populated areas. The process would work well as long as companies don't abuse it to play places desperate for jobs off eachother and drive down wages everywhere.

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How Trump could lose by 5 million votes and still win in 2020 [View all] Cattledog Jul 2019 OP

The answer is to move new tech jobs out of blue states and into small, red ones. LisaM Jul 2019 #1

I think the answer is to have states pledge their EC votes to the winner of the state popular vote. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #3

Gerrymandering has nothing to do with presidential constests. former9thward Jul 2019 #12

True to the first. My mistake. The second issue well numbers speak. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #18

We import a lot of food in cities. It is possible to feed cities on imports, Blue_true Jul 2019 #27

That is the answer..if the question is "How do we keep things exactly the same as they are?" Captain Stern Jul 2019 #17

Yep. True. I was wrong. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #23

we could strategically move half million from CA and take over a bunch of red states nt msongs Jul 2019 #7

Well, if all the new high-paying tech jobs keep going to the same few cities... LisaM Jul 2019 #25

Attention must be paid! brandnewday2009 Jul 2019 #2

Does this article provide any hopeful news or strategies for overcoming this? Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2019 #4

Also, I don't think anybody expects 2020 to be easy Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2019 #5

Agree! Isn't fear based politics what the dotard and the gopeee do?! Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #20

Basically just says don't get complacent... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #6

We will need a 12% lead just to counteract the cheating BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #8

Answer: GET RID OF THE EC or otherwise ensure that it does not apply CousinIT Jul 2019 #9

No Doubt colsohlibgal Jul 2019 #10

The Electorial College was intended to prevent doc03 Jul 2019 #16

and voter distribution skews the makeup of the senate. repubs should have only 1/3 or less msongs Jul 2019 #11

Second article on this subject. It's the new right wing talking point. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #13

We're ok evertonfc Jul 2019 #14

Curious, if this happened, Dan Jul 2019 #15

Simple answer? He doesn't intend to govern the nation at all DFW Jul 2019 #22

This Cherry Picker needs to analyze Trumps actual approval numbers farmbo Jul 2019 #19

Thx for sharing...helps keep thing in perspective.. rather than just spreading fear Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #21

Sure, anything is possible Corgigal Jul 2019 #24

He'll lose the popular vote by more than that. W_HAMILTON Jul 2019 #26

Most POTUS are re-elected unless economy tanks Gothmog Jul 2019 #28