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A Little Weird

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11. I really think a basic income for all citizens is needed

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:32 PM

Jun 2014

The article seems to say that there is no solution and people should move away. But that doesn't seem like a very good answer. If people can meet their basic needs then they can begin to find ways to improve their situation. I have no doubt that some would choose to just live with the minimum and not improve, but I think in time, people would find new opportunities.

The reasons that these areas have developed the way they have is complicated and I don't think there will be a simple solution.

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What’s the Matter With Eastern Kentucky? [View all] theHandpuppet Jun 2014 OP

Related article: Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.? theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #1

Strangely enough My Nephew, the Doctor just moved there to be a help to people. dballance Jun 2014 #2

Thank you for sharing theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #5

Yep, my sister and BIL did a great job parenting! /nt dballance Jun 2014 #17

He sounds like a great guy! A Little Weird Jun 2014 #13

He is a really great person dballance Jun 2014 #16

Yes. Rural poverty is ignored. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #3

worthy of its own thread Skittles Jun 2014 #4

What a wonderful post theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #6

Obscene decadence of a few is the foundation for poverty of the many. JEB Jun 2014 #7

In the process, we've created the American ghettos theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #8

90% tax rate over 1 million dollars. JEB Jun 2014 #9

But could that ever get passed? theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #10

Yeah, it'll pass about as soon as Ike getting re-elected. JEB Jun 2014 #18

I really think a basic income for all citizens is needed A Little Weird Jun 2014 #11

A livable basic income for all Americans would be infinitely cheaper... theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #12

Yes A Little Weird Jun 2014 #14

Just think about how much it costs the entire country... theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #15

Hey, you can always enlist and serve for the glory of the empire, JEB Jun 2014 #19

threads like this restore my shattered, battered, bruised, and bleeding carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 #20

Hey, we're hanging in there with you theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #21