Anonymous wrote:The good jobs created will be for same people that can do jobs now; the bad jobs will be for those who can't do the good jobs. Same as it has always been.

Sigh. I wish Economics was taught in American schools. It's killing me having to explain basic things to not-so-mentally-disabled adults.

The good jobs created will be for same people that can do jobs now; the bad jobs will be for those who can't do the good jobs. Same as it has always been.

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Anonymous wrote:How heroin turned this town into 'the most unhappy place' in the U.S. http://nbcnews.to/2i6gYih via @nbcnews

They are pretty miserable already

A lot of us had ancestors who left very unhappy places. They had nothing. Some of them couldn't even read. And you know what they did? They left those unhappy places. They jumped on a big boat and moved thousands of miles away and found low-level jobs and eventually purchased property. They didn't drink themselves to death or commit suicide.

Ok but think about it logically. Yes YOUR ancestors were very brave and left. But the vast majority of citizens stayed. Do you judge all those millions of people? It's a complicated situation and I don't think it's fair for us to judge, esp. those of us who have always had it pretty easy.

Trump may create thousands, maybe even millions of new jobs, but in the end, those jobs may indeed go to those who are willing to leave their miserable towns, i.e. immigrants from Mexico and Central America.

I cannot help but think that Trump actually has some contempt for a good number of his voters. He appealed to them using low tactics-- ranting about building a wall, racist statements, pointing fingers at the media.... he didn't appeal to them with offers of free education, better housing, top-notch medical care, new technology. I doubt he sees most of them as fit to shine his shoes.

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Anonymous wrote:How heroin turned this town into 'the most unhappy place' in the U.S. http://nbcnews.to/2i6gYih via @nbcnews

They are pretty miserable already

A lot of us had ancestors who left very unhappy places. They had nothing. Some of them couldn't even read. And you know what they did? They left those unhappy places. They jumped on a big boat and moved thousands of miles away and found low-level jobs and eventually purchased property. They didn't drink themselves to death or commit suicide.

Ok but think about it logically. Yes YOUR ancestors were very brave and left. But the vast majority of citizens stayed. Do you judge all those millions of people? It's a complicated situation and I don't think it's fair for us to judge, esp. those of us who have always had it pretty easy.

Anonymous wrote:How heroin turned this town into 'the most unhappy place' in the U.S. http://nbcnews.to/2i6gYih via @nbcnews

They are pretty miserable already

A lot of us had ancestors who left very unhappy places. They had nothing. Some of them couldn't even read. And you know what they did? They left those unhappy places. They jumped on a big boat and moved thousands of miles away and found low-level jobs and eventually purchased property. They didn't drink themselves to death or commit suicide.

How heroin turned this town into 'the most unhappy place' in the U.S. http://nbcnews.to/2i6gYih via @nbcnews

They are pretty miserable already

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Anonymous wrote:I must say it's interesting that all my white relatives, of varying income and education levels, rail against low income black people and other minorities and ask, "what about personal responsibility?"

Yet apparently unemployed whites in the rust belt don't have to be personally responsible for their fate.

Why didn't they move to farm country and take the $10/hr jobs that are offered to American workers? Americans used to move to where the jobs are. Now, they just sit on their asses and complain about how the government doesn't bring them jobs.

The Great Recession changed people's moving rates. If you think people aren't still scared, then I assume you don't know anyone affected by the Great Depression.

The Great Depression saw lots of people moving for jobs, and it was a damn hell harder to move back then than it is today. Spare me the "you don't know what it's like". My father was a blue collar worker in a manufacturing plant who got laid off; I also at one point got laid off. Neither of us blamed the government. We updated our skills and found a new job. That's called personal responsibility. Oh, and he had limited English skills, to boot.

Thank you. I'm black and my dad had a 3rd grade education. You know what, he didn't blame anyone. He sent his kids to college. My parents SOLD THEIR HOUSE to send me to college. They made a huge sacrifice. Poor white folks need to make the same sacrifices. Stop playing the victim card.

Now that my parents made the sacrifice, I am a lawyer and I will enjoy reading the classics and enjoying fine wine

Your parents in the state-run old folks' home, aren't they?