Darren Bullock, 40, is a Trump voter who switched from the Democrats in 2016.
He is likely to lose Medicaid coverage because of the new requirements, although he is not hopeful of finding adequate employment.
“If they want people to work 80 hours a month, they’d need to bring in a lot more jobs,” he says.
I think I know the article you’re talking about (although I’m having a hard time finding it again), but I don’t think that’s quite what it said.
It’s more like progressives are perceived by rural people as not wanting to help them, because the type of help they offer is assistance in moving or retraining or otherwise changing in order for their lives to improve. This is because the progressives understand (correctly) that the jobs that used to sustain the small towns are never coming back, regardless of how much the rural people want them to.
The writer then pointed out (also correctly) that this “elitist” approach was not effective in solving the problem.
Unfortunately, I don’t remember what the author’s conclusion/recommendation of a better strategy was.
Good explanation, plus yes, there is no easy solution. Yes it’s quite possible the only solution is for people to move away. Sucks for your town but those people may be better off
I’ve actually been thinking about this a bit lately. Early in my career I expected to go where the jobs were, and expected to move every few years. However now I’m established. I like it here and would not want to move. Of course part of the reason is the number of job possibilities but I do wonder whether I’m still open to moving should they dry up