Re: Rural vs Urban Costs & Benefits
Posted: Mon 24 Oct 2016, 19:43:28
Tanda,
Recently I read this book recommended here by someone (MBS?) Tropic of Chaos. I keep suggesting it to folks as I think it explained a lot.
That book talks about how the World Bank and other institutions tend to screw up 3rd world countries. It kinda goes like this.
A country tries to get ther stuff together and over spends on social supports. But the country is stable.
It defaults on loans.
Funding groups force economic austerity measures and reforms including the dropping of import tariffs and encourage the industrialization of the farms and capital influx.
Subsequently farmers loose their land, small business go under. Many folks move to the city in search of jobs and a living wage.
The cities concentrate the jobless and poor.
Lacking government social supports (austerity) local ad hoc groups form to provide services.
Drugs and crime increase, criminal social support groups form. They take over the humanitarian groups.
The criminal groups grow and become armed and start competing with the government and one another for control.
Civil war breaks out.
While I don't agree with everything he write he does draw a pretty consistent and logical picture.
He does not apply this to the USA, I do see parallels
I think that answers a lot of your questions. We have put our folks out of work, run them into the ghetto, and are now trying to keep a lid on an impending civil war. I don't think there is anyone in government t who is particular ally aware of this, they all have key hole view points. It's just me making sense out of what I see.
Recently I read this book recommended here by someone (MBS?) Tropic of Chaos. I keep suggesting it to folks as I think it explained a lot.
That book talks about how the World Bank and other institutions tend to screw up 3rd world countries. It kinda goes like this.
A country tries to get ther stuff together and over spends on social supports. But the country is stable.
It defaults on loans.
Funding groups force economic austerity measures and reforms including the dropping of import tariffs and encourage the industrialization of the farms and capital influx.
Subsequently farmers loose their land, small business go under. Many folks move to the city in search of jobs and a living wage.
The cities concentrate the jobless and poor.
Lacking government social supports (austerity) local ad hoc groups form to provide services.
Drugs and crime increase, criminal social support groups form. They take over the humanitarian groups.
The criminal groups grow and become armed and start competing with the government and one another for control.
Civil war breaks out.
While I don't agree with everything he write he does draw a pretty consistent and logical picture.
He does not apply this to the USA, I do see parallels
I think that answers a lot of your questions. We have put our folks out of work, run them into the ghetto, and are now trying to keep a lid on an impending civil war. I don't think there is anyone in government t who is particular ally aware of this, they all have key hole view points. It's just me making sense out of what I see.