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HughBeaumont

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11. Parts of Arizona can help in that regard too.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 03:36 PM
Dec 2016

Of course, most of that land is state-owned . . . and we all know how Repubs feel about a resource they can't control with an iron fist.

Why assume that the GOP wants to solve a problem that GOP policies created? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1
Why assume that the GOP wants to solve a problem that they profit from? Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #25
An excellent addition. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #32
The 1% learned their lesson very well in the 60's. Girard442 Dec 2016 #26
Exactly. Else You Are Mad Dec 2016 #28
As Sam Kinison would say you doc03 Dec 2016 #2
Except they have no money to move to a more expensive place where they have no job waiting for them. LonePirate Dec 2016 #6
Their children that manage to go doc03 Dec 2016 #10
Other than Universal Income, the Left (Us) don't have much of a plan either... JCMach1 Dec 2016 #3
With a Teabagger Government at the helm? HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #9
the good news is that the Right is even more clueless about this... still selling trickle down JCMach1 Dec 2016 #22
People are moving greymattermom Dec 2016 #4
Green Jobs Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #5
Parts of Arizona can help in that regard too. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #11
Actual farms and wind farms can coexist Bettie Dec 2016 #24
Trade reform leading to decent jobs or it won't be pretty...there will literally Demsrule86 Dec 2016 #7
I work 10 hours a day Horse with no Name Dec 2016 #8
Well here's what I think. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #12
This reminds me of my aunt's city in upper Maine. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #16
There isn't much to cure rural economic ills. There's no plan for options to Mayberry. haele Dec 2016 #13
You know what? matt819 Dec 2016 #14
I get the sentiment. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #17
Unemployment rate by state Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #15
I keep getting e-mails from LinkedIn matt819 Dec 2016 #18
I think the answer is to make "bad jobs" good. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #19
yup. dont know why people act as though factory jobs were inherently good La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #31
Exactly. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #33
They would have to be willing to move to different jobs bravenak Dec 2016 #20
Move is the key term... jobwise and geographically... the jobs are not returning to rural America JCMach1 Dec 2016 #23
I have been giving this some thought. KamaAina Dec 2016 #21
there is no "cure" coming, but there will be plenty of scapegoating 0rganism Dec 2016 #27
self-delete raccoon Dec 2016 #29
Buy an Audi/Honda. Dawson Leery Dec 2016 #30
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