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  • Rural America, Prepare for Biden's Newly-Proposed Tax

    01/23/2021 8:42:50 AM PST · by george76 · 138 replies
    Townhall ^ | Jan 23, 2021 | Beth Baumann
    When President Joe Biden announced former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his pick for Transportation Secretary, many scratched their heads. Why would he tap someone who oversaw a small budget, in a small town, in the midwest for such a roll? That puzzle is finally coming together. It turns out that Biden favors Buttigieg's transportation views, specifically the idea that America should move away from the gas tax and instead opt into a tax based on the number of miles a person travels. It would be a new way to provide cash for the Highway Trust Fund, which...
  • Single, white farmer? [Dating service for farmers]

    02/09/2006 7:29:40 PM PST · by SJackson · 35 replies · 2,901+ views
    Country Today ^ | 2-9-06 | Megan Parker
    The farmer in the dell takes a wife, but the cheese stands alone. Some rural folks identify more with the cheese than the farmer. For those people, Jerry Miller has an answer: FarmersOnly.com, a dating Web site meant specifically for “sincere, down-to-earth people who respect and cherish the rural lifestyle.” The Beachwood, Ohio, man runs an advertising agency that works for agribusinesses. A divorced female farmer sparked his idea for FarmersOnly.com. A stab at online dating frustrated the farmer because she met urbanites who couldn’t relate to her long hours and laborious work. “She was afraid she was never going...