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					Originally Posted by Adder  Thus the presence of the word "an" immediately before the word "answer."
 
 
 What you're saying is that it would help to make all of rural America poorer - that is reduce the value of their wealth and income relative to the price of their wants and needs.
 
 This will not help.
 
 
 
 Sort of, although at least around here, the reddest places are the exurbs (i.e., places ringing cities), not truly rural areas.
 
 ETA: It's also amusing for a proponent of "creative destruction" to advocate insulating those who are losing from competition. Nope. Let the competition play out and the necessary adjustments be made. Even if they are painful, doing otherwise only delays the inevitable.
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