"We need a strategy and a system where these two Americas can live peaceably beside one another, and where each can undertake the investments and shape the safety nets and other policy measures they need."
I don't have a problem with subsidizing rural America, but the reason to do it shouldn't be because states like Wyoming voters have a 3/1 impact in the electoral college. It should be because there is a reason to keep people out in the middle of nowhere -- like how New Mexico benefits from a huge influx of defense-related spending. Rural America will have less of a safety net without the federal government taxing the cities. Either we can help folks that are prepared to disengage from less productive communities -- and ensure adequate resources are provided to those that stay for performing their essential functions -- or we can just let the free market run its course. Unfortunately what we got was third option where individuals in underperforming parts of the economy seized power so that they can just take what they want the from the commons. (Or so they were told.) Marcus ________________________________ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:47:10 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Stop Calling People "Low Information Voters" | Quillette https://medium.com/@Richard_Florida/the-most-disruptive-transformation-in-history-80a50ef89b4d#.7grm8x0r1 On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com<mailto:mar...@snoutfarm.com>> wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/opinion/sunday/why-blue-states-are-the-real-tea-party.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-0&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=Blogs [https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/12/04/opinion/sunday/08johnson-web/08johnson-web-facebookJumbo.jpg]<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/opinion/sunday/why-blue-states-are-the-real-tea-party.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-0&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=Blogs> Why Blue States Are the Real 'Tea Party'<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/opinion/sunday/why-blue-states-are-the-real-tea-party.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-0&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=Blogs> www.nytimes.com<http://www.nytimes.com> Progressive urban areas pay more taxes and have less voting power than rural ones. ________________________________ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> on behalf of Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net<mailto:o...@backspaces.net>> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 10:27:23 AM To: Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM] Stop Calling People "Low Information Voters" | Quillette I love it. The Elites are getting hammered. Snobocracy is now so visible that it can be attacked for what it really is. ? ? http://quillette.com/2016/11/30/stop-calling-people-low-information-voters/ ?This was also referred to by this: http://quillette.com/2016/11/14/cut-out-the-literally-hitler-hysteria/ ?I love a good rant! Liberal Elites lost the election. Oh, wait, maybe we *are* LEs? -- Owen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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