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Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor? I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
EDIT: I have nothing against West Virginia and Appalachia. They have their reasons for being that way, and I'm not gonna pick on them, the same way I expect people not to pick on Southern States like Mississippi and Alabama.
What I am here to pick on is why a red state is so poor just like people on the other side use certain blue states to pick on the Democrat Party.
West Virginia is hard to compare with any other state. Voters there it appears to me are more than willing to vote for who ever supports coal mining. The trouble now is that coal is being displaced by natural gas, wind, solar and even coal from Montana and Wyoming. Democrats are on the losing end of the shift because most would rather not see some kid with asthma choking on air pollution while Republicans think more deaths from smog is a small price to pay even if its children dying from asthma.
West Virginia is hard to compare with any other state. Voters there it appears to me are more than willing to vote for who ever supports coal mining. The trouble now is that coal is being displaced by natural gas, wind, solar and even coal from Montana and Wyoming. Democrats are on the losing end of the shift because most would rather not see some kid with asthma choking on air pollution while Republicans think more deaths from smog is a small price to pay even if its children dying from asthma.
That's the way Republicans see the earthquakes in Oklahoma. Even though earthquakes may be caused by oil drilling companies, it's a small price to pay to have some kind of industry with jobs to offer in Oklahoma, along with more campaign money going from the oil companies to the Republicans. So shutting down oil company drilling to see if it will stop the earthquakes is totally out of the question.
Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor? I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
EDIT: I have nothing against West Virginia and Appalachia. They have their reasons for being that way, and I'm not gonna pick on them, the same way I expect people not to pick on Southern States like Mississippi and Alabama.
What I am here to pick on is why a red state is so poor just like people on the other side use certain blue states to pick on the Democrat Party.
What party does the Governor of WV belong to and how about Jay R. last I checked he was a democrat? How about the last 10 governors of WV< I think most have been Democrats, so, tell us again, what are you talking about?
Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor? I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
EDIT: I have nothing against West Virginia and Appalachia. They have their reasons for being that way, and I'm not gonna pick on them, the same way I expect people not to pick on Southern States like Mississippi and Alabama.
What I am here to pick on is why a red state is so poor just like people on the other side use certain blue states to pick on the Democrat Party.
Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor? I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
EDIT: I have nothing against West Virginia and Appalachia. They have their reasons for being that way, and I'm not gonna pick on them, the same way I expect people not to pick on Southern States like Mississippi and Alabama.
What I am here to pick on is why a red state is so poor just like people on the other side use certain blue states to pick on the Democrat Party.
"Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor?"
Probable because the seem to vote in democrats most of the time.
How long have dems like Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller been their Senators?
Who was the last repub Senator?
Democrats also maintain strong positions in the state legislature and most local and state offices.
Typical liberal, don't take responsibility for ANYTHING and and when things go wrong, blame the OTHER party!
Looks like you are wrong on WHO is responsible, again!
I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
Quite the opposite. What is called "conservatism" today is essentially the veneration of self-centered self-interest and abrogation of social responsibility.
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Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie
That's the way Republicans see the earthquakes in Oklahoma. Even though earthquakes may be caused by oil drilling companies, it's a small price to pay to have some kind of industry with jobs to offer in Oklahoma, along with more campaign money going from the oil companies to the Republicans. So shutting down oil company drilling to see if it will stop the earthquakes is totally out of the question.
That goes hand-in-glove with the right-wing ethos of goodness stemming from having winner and losers, rather than the reality: that the fact that there shall be winners and losers imposes an extra challenge on an upstanding society, with a moral imperative to mitigate the inevitable as much as practicable.
Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor? I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
EDIT: I have nothing against West Virginia and Appalachia. They have their reasons for being that way, and I'm not gonna pick on them, the same way I expect people not to pick on Southern States like Mississippi and Alabama.
What I am here to pick on is why a red state is so poor just like people on the other side use certain blue states to pick on the Democrat Party.
House of Delegates 53% Dem....been majority Dem since 1928.
State Senate 75% Dem...been majority Dem for ages.
WV governor Early Ray Tomblin...Democrat.
So the entire state is Dem controlled and has been for almost 100 years...how is it a "red state"?
Why is one of the most socially conservative areas (West Virginia) so damned poor? I thought conservatism was supposed to be the harbinger of wealth and social responsibility.
EDIT: I have nothing against West Virginia and Appalachia. They have their reasons for being that way, and I'm not gonna pick on them, the same way I expect people not to pick on Southern States like Mississippi and Alabama.
What I am here to pick on is why a red state is so poor just like people on the other side use certain blue states to pick on the Democrat Party.
hey look. it's someone who knows absolutely nothing about west virginia. I'm also gonna go ahead and guess that they are unaware that appalachia extends into NY.
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