stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoOregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the regionwww.hcn.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news@kbin.social
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkOregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the regionwww.hcn.orgstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@kbin.social
Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.
minus-squarePoweredByGeena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWatch how quick all this falls apart when the people of Idaho figure out just how much it will cost them to support all of Eastern Oregon.
minus-squaredethb0y@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoyeah my understanding is that the entire area is basically wholly supported by western oregon and is a massive net drain on the state budget.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAll rural areas are massively funded by the cities. The tax revenue in the rural areas doesn’t even come close to covering the basic infrastructure of roads and utilities. Their community’s economies are also highly dependent on government handouts.
Watch how quick all this falls apart when the people of Idaho figure out just how much it will cost them to support all of Eastern Oregon.
yeah my understanding is that the entire area is basically wholly supported by western oregon and is a massive net drain on the state budget.
All rural areas are massively funded by the cities. The tax revenue in the rural areas doesn’t even come close to covering the basic infrastructure of roads and utilities.
Their community’s economies are also highly dependent on government handouts.