Originally Posted by
Williamsmith
The canary in the mine, if you will, is public schools. Really can't think of too many more important than basic education but the deterioration of the public school infrastructure, the shrinking of the tax base, the mismanagement of public school pension funding, the incompetency of city budget managers, to name a few.....have put this great country way behind other developed nations.
I live in a rural Pennsylvania county near the fourth largest city in the state. They are considering shutting down all the schools in their city and busing to suburban school districts. General Electric recently eliminated thousands of jobs blaming it on Obamas war on coal. These are middle income jobs that are not being replaced.
One school district in my county has reported plans to furlough 50 teachers.
If you don't live in what was the heart of industrialized United States, you can't imagine the devastation the economy is taking. Which is just one reason Trump appeals to many people in the rust belt. People around here like to get their hands dirty when they work, they know no other way. If they aren't working, well maybe they are just sitting around collecting unemployment and getting high.