Re: [Marxism] rural ny poverty

[sabocat59@xxxxxxx]

If upstate is in such dire straits the situation in northern ny state, from the 
adirondacks and to the st. Lawrence valley, is no doubt much worse. I'm heading 
up that way for a visit and I will see if I can't come up with some info on the 
subject.  

On a side note I had to laugh at the post by Bhaskar on the supposed inequity 
with regards to the upstate ny prison population and allocation of state funds. 
  No the prisoners cannot vote, BUT if NYC was really interested in EQUITY they 
would count each prisoner as 5 citizens in terms of differential aspects of 
state funding per capita between urban and upstate/northern ny populations. 

What a fucking joke. 

Anyone who has spent any time at all out of the 5 boroughs and travelled north 
of ulster county would know there are (or were) only 3 types of jobs: milking 
cows and growing weed on the side; working at Stewarts and smuggling contraband 
across the canadian border; or working as a prison guard or cop and taking 
bribes from people smuggling contraband across the border. 

Jesus. No wonder we're in such bad shape. 

Greg McDonald


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