2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How were we supposed to reach 'Rural Whites' and still maintain our base? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)What I notice up here, is that people seem to think that nothing from the cities has any effect on their lives, until they need the services we offer, like, emergency rooms, shopping centers, cheap necessities, etc.. They see themselves as rugged and hardworking, and we are, for the most part. But many here 'just want to be left alone', but still want SS, medicare, federal monies to build and maintain our highways (we could not POSSIBLY build roads without fed monies or maintain this HUUUGE state on what we take in), all of this, with no income tax.
And when shit gets tough, they immediately look to blame the poorest, never looking at the new fifth wheel they purchased for fishing and camping, or the snowmachines that sit all summer and the four wheelers that sit all winter. We want it all. We just dont want to pay, and especially don't want to pay for 'those people'. People up here see BLM as worse than the KKK.
Best to grow our base.