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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:16 PM Original message |
Losing Hope in Appalachia |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, I saw this up in Idaho and Montana too. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. In absolute numbers, there are more poor whites than any other kind. |
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snoochie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. "Poverty does not have a color" |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Exactly. And the notion that the white poor choose |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's why "hillbilly heroin " is so popular in Appalachia... |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I Agree |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Soon Appalacians will work for as cheap as Chinese peasants |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. A Democrat by the name of Robert Kennedy was very concerned |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Many in the USA are unaware of the extent of rural poverty |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I know your friend's attitude. |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. We must travel among the same set |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 03:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, it sounds like we know the same crowd. |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't think you meant to make me laugh with your description |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 04:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh goodness no, I've been laughing at her for years. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Two related articles... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 08:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Great articles! Thanks for posting them. |
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Some Moran (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess my friend from KY wasn't exaggerating... |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Unfortunately, They Do |
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Some Moran (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I didn't say all or even most... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Many turn to welfare as the only means of survival.... |
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TXvote (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 11:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Reich on Welfare Reform |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-03 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. My cousins live in Appalachia |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-03 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. Where have you gone, Bobby Kennedy? |
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