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Rural republican areas are in an economic situation where they are trapped, have been for decades, because it takes a village to raise a child, you can’t do it alone so they can’t leave their loved ones, their children then get trapped because they can’t get access to food security, when you are hungry or dehydrated you can become disoriented and can’t think clearly, they can’t learn. Then if the children go to college, your credit score effects their financial aid. The boundaries are basically villages vs fortresses, no one wants to tear down the walls or divisions because the wealthy feel safe but the villages don’t have the walls. It’s a cycle of abuse and the Republican parents see their children are next, to reframe though, you can stop the cycle by voting, increasing access to food security will help your child learn which in turn makes society safer for the wealthy, we need to become A village again to help raise all our children, we need to reverse using credit scores and parental finances by making local community colleges free, and then removing that all together when they move onto a four year institution after they have proven successful at the two year college in order to ensure safeguard, we need to remove the boundaries and pull together the finances like any family does, you don’t do it alone and have a family to help, we need to lower the drawbridges and act like a family to ensure the safety of all.

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These were policy choices made by the elites. I happen to think many of those forgotten Repubs are right in their instincts though wrong in their prescriptions. They have been screwed. As have so many.

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They too are trapped in the vicious cycle but can choose to break it if they want to stand up and speak, for the good of all. They are afraid because they care about themselves and their loved ones, they need protection too. Those elites have convinced people to hurt others through money, we have made money such a huge focus ultimately money only buys what you want it to. But if the people hurting others for money were to realize they too are trapped in the cycle. They are scared too how to provide and survive for their loved ones. They are sacrificing a wonderful future for an abusive now. They can decide it’s time to stop living like that

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America’s new gold rush: a scramble for $1 trillion in federal tax incentives and loans for green energy that is fueling a flood of corporate investments and reshaping local economies.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-legislation-inflation-reduction-act-small-towns-eb0ce798?st=sfe5zo5kbc0z4yv&fbclid=IwAR0Z7EEErisrOMb_TpQTl1dqU1NLnvtqZS-PpURGXhs4uaEJAU-jwZgMGjc

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