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The Bluest State
Decades of liberal policies have made Rhode Island the nation’s basket case.
City Journal ^
| spring 2014
| Aaron M. Renn
Posted on 06/09/2014 6:23:21 PM PDT by amnestynone
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Do we even hve any freepers from the Ocean State here to comment on this article?
To: amnestynone
Do we even hve any freepers from the Ocean State here to comment on this article? Nearly all of my Rhode Island in-laws have moved to NC, GA, TX and MT.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:27:22 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
( "For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know")
To: amnestynone
I’m right next door to Rhode Island. Chronic unemployment there.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:38:44 PM PDT
by
ransacked
To: amnestynone
But the states key industries collapsed long agoYes, transporting slaves has been on hard times for over 150 years.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:40:31 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: ransacked
Just wait until Buddy Ciance makes a comeback /sarc
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:44:01 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: amnestynone
They can keep voting for their failed liberal BS. We’re taking their jobs and we plan on taking more.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:44:33 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: amnestynone
With Lincoln Chaffee running the place what can you expect?
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:44:57 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: amnestynone
"With no special economic advantages, the state has maintained an entitlement mentality inherited from an age of colonial and industrial grandeur. Rhode Island was once one of Americas most prosperous states, and its rate of higher-education attainment remains better than the national average. But the states key industries collapsed long ago, and its political leadership has refused to make adjustments to its high-cost, high-regulation governance system."
This is a perfect description of Detroit, yet another Democrat created disaster.
To: amnestynone
Rhode Island is in the midst of an especially grim economic meltdown, a 2009 New York Times story began, and no one can pinpoint exactly why. Total mystery. No one can figure it out. I'm baffled. It just makes me feel so sad and ... well ... blue.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:45:15 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: Puppage
It hasn’t been the same since Ray Patriarca died.:-)
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:48:24 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: amnestynone
I sense that the day of reckoning will feature red-America
having to re-engage with blue-America, much like the West
has done in the past with the east, in Germany with the tearing down of the wall, and the collapse of the USSR and west re-absorption of eastern Europe.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:48:53 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: ClearCase_guy
They like high taxes, think public schools are better than charter schools, believe that Christmas trees aren’t Christmas trees, gay marriage is a right, and capital punishment is always wrong.
It literally rejects everything that made it successful and wonders why failure ensues.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:52:07 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: amnestynone
Rhode Island only exists so other places can be compared to it....
Torrance County in New Mexico is larger than RI, and has about 1.4 people per square mile.
To: amnestynone
For some reason, years ago, I was under the impression that Rhode Island was pretty well off, like Connecticut. Then I had several long term projects in MA, PA, and NH, did a bunch of traveling around the leftist utopias, and found Providence a shocking $hit hole. I grew up just north of Detoilet (E. of Flint) and Providence seemed to be as bad as Detoilet.
Dumb ideas coupled with poor attitudes create bad outcomes. So far, the Ivy League schools have missed this immutable concept.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:57:23 PM PDT
by
uncommonsense
(Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
To: amnestynone
Good! The Progressive Morons that live in RI are getting EXACTLY what they want. I hope they get 50 times more of it. In fact, I would argue that their taxes are WAY too low. They should triple the state income tax, sales tax and all property taxes. It’s for The Chillren!
I have ZERO sympathy for these imbeciles. NONE.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:57:26 PM PDT
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: ClearCase_guy
They could write the same story and substitute Connecticut for Rhode Island. This is another blue state that is circling the drain.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:59:00 PM PDT
by
peeps36
(Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
To: amnestynone
I was visiting in Massachusetts, and turned the TV onto a Rhode Island station. The only ads switched between ads with lawyers asking if you’d had a “slip and fall accident”, or ads for pawn shops. Depressing. :-(
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posted on
06/09/2014 7:05:12 PM PDT
by
Does so
("Miranda Warnings" and loss of "Common-Law Marriage" = 2 Big Mistakes...)
To: navyguy
Reminds me of a comment in an article a couple weeks ago from Austin, TX.
Its not because I dont like paying taxes, said Gardner, who attended both meetings. I have voted for every park, every library, all the school improvements, for light rail, for anything that will make this city better. But now I cant afford to live here anymore. Ill protest my appraisal notice, but thats not enough. Someone needs to step in and address the big picture.
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posted on
06/09/2014 7:09:23 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: digger48
Bullseye! You hit the nail on the head! Thx!
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posted on
06/09/2014 7:23:09 PM PDT
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: C210N
I see the exact opposite happening. Red and blue America is like a really bad marriage where the one (blue) spouse is addicted to crack, beats the other spouse weekly, leaves for months at a time, and has given the other spouse a good dose of the clap on a couple of occasions.
You know, a marriage like that is well beyond marital counseling sessions. Its not time to talk about what measures are needed for future reconciliation. Instead it’s time to talk about divorce and the property settlement.
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posted on
06/09/2014 7:32:43 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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