My home town
Posted by coaldigger 10 years, 1 month ago to Government
55 years ago I left McDowell County to attend college. Other than for a visit to a relative I never returned. This article insinuates that government did not do enough but in my opinion, government is largely to blame for this mess. LBJ's poverty programs promoted sloth. Protecting unions resulted in capital migration. Policies od the EPA, OSHA and other alphabets destroyed businesses and evaporated jobs.
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- 1Posted by coaldigger 10 years ago in reply to this comment.I have never been sentimental about places and things. I do care about people, at least, people that I regard as being worthy of caring about, measured by their accomplishments. People that are unwilling to move, who opt to further deaden their brains with drugs, that leach off others, do not interest me and define a place that I do not want to be.| Permalink
- 1Posted by iroseland 10 years ago in reply to this comment.Wisconsin does totally have a pull back. Granted, the pacific northwest is kind of like Wisconsin with somewhat better weather, crappy food horrid dairy, beer that is a joke ohh and lets not get started on the overpriced housing. At this point I am looking forward to moving back to Wisconsin on my own terms.| Permalink
- 1Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.Not only can be made worse, but inevitably and definitely will be made worse.| Permalink
- 2Posted by SRS66East 10 years, 1 month agoYes this sounds like a place that was shrugged. Someday we will have to be willing to address the concept that these problems can indeed be made worse by Government intervention.| Permalink
