Thursday, July 4, 2013

Is the South Dragging the Rest of the Nation Down?

Why poor white Southerners keep voting for policies that screw them and how this hurts the rest of the nation.

By Allen Barra


This is a fascinating article that all should read and ponder. Why do southern states keep voting for politicians who keep them dumb, poor, and powerless? As a mid-Atlantic transplant to the south, I find myself frustrated as a liberal just left of Che Guevara. North Carolina has become an experiment in "what would have happened if Romney won the presidency". The republican controlled legislature has steamrolled their regressive agenda at lightning speed without care or caution for the common citizen.
Like the republicans in congress, they are hell bent on their agenda in it's entirety with no understanding that our government is based on disagreement and COMPROMISE! I fear the citizens of North Carolina will be paying the price for these ill advised policies for years to come. My home state of Maryland is starting to look pretty attractive!


Read this though provoking article HERE

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