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"Regarding your earlier post about West Texas, if it sucks so bad there are 49 other states they can go to. Why would they want to stay? There must be something there that makes them happy, if not then they're just stupid."

You have such a closed view on how the world operates. I am very successful in the IT industry. Sure I have setbacks but I have a great understanding on how hard the working class is sucked dry by the government. I look to my father spending many hard nights in GM so that you can afford the luxury of driving your automobile in the largest industrial nation in the world. In turn this put dinner on our table and kept his family fed. Your words speak miles, it personifies those late night wine sipping parties where the conversation is about "those people" on the other side of town that operate "my factory". Over laughter and more conversation on how to dominate the freeworld you light a cigar relishing over the conquests of the next day. Next day comes and to squeeze in that extra MIL in bonus money you cut 100 people. Typical huh? How do I know this? I worked for Arthur Andersen. But I wouldn't expect you to understand this. Then again this is not really what the article was pointing to. The premise of the article is that guberment is sucking the working class dry so that the wine drinking class can hit that one last bottle over merry talk (congressmen and senators) Make sense to you?

Sorry to reply so late, I've been out of town for almost a week.

You have a totally false perception of my life. I was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, if you don't know that is not the mouth in Louisiana it is in Mississippi. My family was not even close to wealthy, I never went to any school that wasn't public, and being white I was a minority in the 5% ratio in my graduating class. So with the obviously near non-existent tax base in my school district I probably got an education on par with many inner-city schools if not worse. I tried my hand at college with loans and part time work, failed miserably and had to leave. I joined the military, slowly improved my education and experience over 12 years and when I left I more than doubled my pay as an E-5. I now, due only to hard work and diligence, make so close to 6 figures that it practically is such and during the last 13 years managed to be married and have 3 kids. I have my wine and cigars due to me working my ass off and bettering myself. Anyone else in this country can do the same.

So don't tell me about your father's factory job, because my dad would have been thrilled shitless to have a factory near enough to work in. My Dad told me the reason we were poor was because he stayed there in that armpit of the state, and he urged all his kids to leave and better themselves.

Like I said before if there's nothing in West Texas (read any crappy location in the US) to make you happy you should leave. And I stand by that statement.