The killed logging in the 1980s and this is what you get....Trump should sell all forest service land to private owners....You do not see this in the SE because most forest land is privately owned...and trees are worth money if taken care of
There’s a complete disconnect between how things are produced, the nuts and bolts of civilization. People think electricity comes out of the wall, and that’s all there is to it. They hear “clean energy” snake oil salesman filling their head with bunkem and start protesting both coal plants and later on the same day protest their power bill. Advocate for both “open borders” and a $15 minimum wage.
They thought the Redwoods were being laid waste to make toothpicks, and we could no longer have paper grocery bags as God intended. Trees are a renewable crop, fast growing softwood species are used to make pulp for things like that. So instead they mandated plastic sacks, which are now Verboten because Oil. It’s tough to keep up without a program. The one thing about Leftism, you can be woke as fv$& and be totally down with the latest struggle, but if you don’t keep up, they change the rules early and often to keep people on their toes, you’ll be guilty of Wrongthink in a hurry.
Case in point. “Colored People” (I guess) was an acceptable term at one time? Well not anymore, it might get whitey fired from his job, who knows. People Of Color, now that is the current received wisdom and Approved Nomenclature. For now anyway, subject to change, and be sure to pay attention comrade, lest the arbiters of acceptable dialogue descend upon you with their wrath for an offhand comment.
Last year the Democrat/Marxist legislature enacted a "gross receipts tax" on every business that does more than a million dollars in gross revenue. So before payroll, or insurance or any expense, they have pay tax on any money taken in over 1 million, oh and that is a reversal of what voters rejected 4 years ago!