Urban vs. Rural; What's to be done?

[brewster]

Argument by gif is no way to go through life, son.

Yes, I know most people here prefer just to argue that there are right without presenting any data to support it, but that's not my style. The GIF is a very dramatic illustration of where the economic activity is in this country.

Like I said the cities would be thrilled to be cut off from the rural areas sucking their tit. Farming hasn't been the basis of modern economy in 200 years. The guy who makes and sells wool suits makes far more than the sheep farmer.

[Martin Hash]

Argument by gif is no way to go through life, son.

Yes, I know most people here prefer just to argue that there are right without presenting any data to support it, but that's not my style. The GIF is a very dramatic illustration of where the economic activity is in this country.

Like I said the cities would be thrilled to be cut off from the rural areas sucking their tit. Farming hasn't been the basis of modern economy in 200 years. The guy who makes and sells wool suits makes far more than the sheep farmer.

Hello "Free" Trade.

[brewster]

Hello "Free" Trade.

Econ 101. You make more doing Value Added than extracting raw materials. That's why you want to be ADM processing food rather than a farmer growing it. Even my 30 year old Hardcore drummer BIL is running a Cannabis extracts lab in Cali. That's where the money is.

[Martin Hash]

Oh, does he import his raw material?

[Fife]

Like I said the cities would be thrilled to be cut off from the rural areas sucking their tit.

So is that an offer?

[Speaker to Animals]

Can we also build a wall around the cities so they can't get out?

[PartyOf5]

Like I said the cities would be thrilled to be cut off from the rural areas sucking their tit.

Based on your arguments, I assume you support the cities. That it is perfectly just that they get to keep their money to themselves instead of giving it to the leeching rural population.

Do you also support rich individuals keeping their earned income instead of having to support those making far less and paying far less (or even 0) taxes? Or are you a hypocrite?

[brewster]

Like I said the cities would be thrilled to be cut off from the rural areas sucking their tit.

Based on your arguments, I assume you support the cities. That it is perfectly just that they get to keep their money to themselves instead of giving it to the leeching rural population.

Do you also support rich individuals keeping their earned income instead of having to support those making far less and paying far less (or even 0) taxes? Or are you a hypocrite?

I haven't proposed concentrating the rich in ghettos, the way it's been proposed to cut off the cities. If I did, then it would be perfectly understandable for them to deny support to those who need it.

As for StA's proposal to not let them out of the cities, there goes your tourism, the only thing bringing significant cash into many, many non-urban areas. In quite a few states tourism is in the top 3 industries.

[GloryofGreece]

Argument by gif is no way to go through life, son.

Yes, I know most people here prefer just to argue that there are right without presenting any data to support it, but that's not my style. The GIF is a very dramatic illustration of where the economic activity is in this country.

Like I said the cities would be thrilled to be cut off from the rural areas sucking their tit. Farming hasn't been the basis of modern economy in 200 years. The guy who makes and sells wool suits makes far more than the sheep farmer.

That could all change. And without even a EMP to wipe the digital and commercial economy out. Maybe we could value farming more. Maybe we could incentive better quality food for Americans made by Americans. Something like that. Then what would happen to the counties and small towns? Change our values change the world.

[Speaker to Animals]

When the EMP strikes, the rural areas around those mega cities will need to organize into armies to cut down all the dindus and desperate liberals fleeing the cities like locusts. For real.