[Captain Rhino]

The city of New London (hereinafter City) sits at the junction of the Thames River and the Long Island Sound in southeastern Connecticut. Decades of economic decline led a state agency in 1990 to designate the City a "distressed municipality." In 1996, the Federal Government closed the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, which had been located in the Fort Trumbull area of the City and had employed over 1,500 people. In 1998, the City's unemployment rate was nearly double that of the State, and its population of just under 24,000 residents was at its lowest since 1920.

It might make a difference to the 1500 people who lost their jobs in 1996 or the others who are suffering because of an unemployment rate nearly double State average. Economic development might just turn them into prosperous taxpayers again (as opposed drawing tax funded unemployment and welfare payments).

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You own a construction company, don't you?

[jwalsh07]

It might make a difference to the 1500 people who lost their jobs in 1996 or the others who are suffering because of an unemployment rate nearly double State average. Economic development might just turn them into prosperous taxpayers again (as opposed drawing tax funded unemployment and welfare payments).

I have a better idea. Why don't we take all of your property, auction it off to the highest bidder in an auction with one buyer and give it to the folks who lost their jobs in 1996. You can keep enough for a tent, I've lived in one it's not too unpleasant, and a bicycle.

[Flyer]

Economic development might just turn them into prosperous taxpayers again

Indeed, it might.

But to remove someone from their home for the "greater good" is wrong.