stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoOregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the regionwww.hcn.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkOregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the regionwww.hcn.orgstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.
minus-squarePoweredByGeena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months 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-up6·11 months 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-up4·11 months 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.