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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I was 'not' whining.  Nor was I telling others how to think or live--as you 
just did.  I don't believe you read the posts to which you were responding.  
My only point was that a large gasoline tax wouls have a more deleterious 
effect on ruralites than on those of us who live in metro areas.  If you 
don't believe rural people will feel 'penalized' over a large fuel tax (some 
are talking $2 to $3 per gallon), then you are not, yet, awake enough to 
think clearly :-).

If someone doesn't get what they want where they are, they should just move?  
So, as a society we should give up the nanny state social programs in the 
city, including mass transit, and people can just 'move' so that they can 
walk to work or plant their own food in the forest?  That is lunacy.  My 
'only' point was that rural people should not be penalized finacially to 
subsidize metro residents.  On that point, I still stand, and if you don't 
agree, please feel free to continue to "whine" and "bitch"


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--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Take charge of your life
> To: "Homestead" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 10:53 AM
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:09 AM, bobf wrote:
> >
> > The 'move' argument is not helpful, at all. 
> Why should ruralites be  
> > penalized so that metro residents can be subsidized?
> 
> That is a whiner mentality. Americans are still free in
> that we have  
> the right to choose our lifestyle. That includes the right
> to live  
> wherever we like. Those who choose cities subject
> themselves to higher  
> taxes and socialism. I know few ruralites who feel
> "penalized." The  
> exception is those who have foolishly bought into
> "bigger is better"  
> and happen to live in the country, often because of family
> history.
> 
> The states with large cities are not good states for
> homesteaders.  
> Most notably, New York and California ruralites pay taxes
> that support  
> big city programs. Taxes go with the territory.
> 
> We ruralites are mostly happy to have the freedom that
> comes with not  
> being involved with being "helped" by government
> programs. The  
> abhorrence of revenooers is strong in my favorite part of
> the world.  
> My friends are mostly of modest means and are happy. They
> rightly see  
> that "help" from the outside world brings loss of
> freedom. We  
> predictably vote against all proposals that we think will
> lead to  
> higher taxes, which is almost everything.
> 
> Where one lives is not luck, it is the result of choice.
> Choose well.  
> And quit bitching. Take charge of your life.
> 
> Gene GeRue
> www.RURALIZE.com
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