Mike Lee's proposal to sell off our public lands is rushed, short-sighted, profoundly unpopular, full of legal loopholes, and is not going to achieve any of its stated goals
Your proposal to ameliorate housing constraints in the west by somehow making St. Louis and other rust belt cities more desirable is a fool’s errand.
Have you walked through these available homes in this depopulated neighborhoods?
They are filled with knob & tube wiring, collapsed clay pipes, enough lead to kill a horse, and water drainage issues around the foundation that would cost more than the value of land & home.
I’ve spent my entire life in the rust belt listening to these exact same arguments. Come to my hometown of Peoria, Illinois and see the conditions of these homes.
There’s a million books, articles, podcasts, first person accounts, oral stories, and documentaries/movies detailing the decline of the rust belt.
Basically, job losses, racial tensions, widespread use of AC in the south, and a million other small issues drove people out of the rust belt and to the south/west.
So at this point, I am going to have to recommend that you call ski Utah, which is a trade group representing the ski industry in Utah which as I’m sure you know is one of Utah’s biggest industries. Tell them that you were planning on having a ski vacation in Utah this winter, but that you have switched to Washington state or Colorado or somewhere elsespecifically because Mike Lee sponsored this provision of this bill. Tell them you will not return to ski in Utah, which is your favorite until Mike Lee and the people associated with him are out of office. This bullshit is unacceptable.
If Mike Lee is worried that young people can't afford homes let him cancel student loan debt.
Your proposal to ameliorate housing constraints in the west by somehow making St. Louis and other rust belt cities more desirable is a fool’s errand.
Have you walked through these available homes in this depopulated neighborhoods?
They are filled with knob & tube wiring, collapsed clay pipes, enough lead to kill a horse, and water drainage issues around the foundation that would cost more than the value of land & home.
I’ve spent my entire life in the rust belt listening to these exact same arguments. Come to my hometown of Peoria, Illinois and see the conditions of these homes.
This is great. I would love to hear more about why St. Louis and Detroit are vacant. That seems like something we should really understand.
There’s a million books, articles, podcasts, first person accounts, oral stories, and documentaries/movies detailing the decline of the rust belt.
Basically, job losses, racial tensions, widespread use of AC in the south, and a million other small issues drove people out of the rust belt and to the south/west.
So at this point, I am going to have to recommend that you call ski Utah, which is a trade group representing the ski industry in Utah which as I’m sure you know is one of Utah’s biggest industries. Tell them that you were planning on having a ski vacation in Utah this winter, but that you have switched to Washington state or Colorado or somewhere elsespecifically because Mike Lee sponsored this provision of this bill. Tell them you will not return to ski in Utah, which is your favorite until Mike Lee and the people associated with him are out of office. This bullshit is unacceptable.
Outstanding.