“Can they be re-educated? Especially with (economic) reality?”
Unfortunately, NO !! We’ve seen in VA a migration from the ‘rust belt,’ New York/New England, points North.
I know people personally who moved here because of VA’s more favorable tax climate. And, guess what? They STILL vote Democrat, and have now turned our fine red state purple, veering blue.
The problem is that by the time they vote in the tax/spenders, those elected pass their woeful legislation, and it gets implemented, affecting the budget, too much time has passed for them to understand that it all goes back to their vote.
I once heard our former Governor/Senator Robb brag (or lament) that the last time the US had a surplus was when his father-in-law (LBJ) was POTUS. Well, duh! We had a surplus until the effects of LBJ’s “Great Society” kicked in. And we have never recovered.
Folks raised in the environment of unionism, and government generosity that can’t be afforded, see NO correlation between their votes and the eventual decline of a given jurisdiction. THey are politically uneducable.
Mercury workers, please .. stay in Wisconsin.
Just tell them “bless your heart” Yanks have no idea you are being condecending and insulting to them.. they think you are being kind and sweet.
“Oh, you really believe that? Well bless your heart.”
Its such a great line, its one of the few ways you can insult a person to their face and get a “thank you” from them in return.