Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Which underlying problems, among the following, have the Dems helped to create?

The human cost of this decline is all too apparent. Coal counties in Appalachia suffer high rates of heart disease, obesity, smoking, diabetes, and opioid abuse, leading them to have some of the lowest life expectancies in the country.

What programs have republicans proposed to ameliorate…...anything?

What use has WV put this generous tax redistribution to?

West Virginia is the number 2 per capita importer of my tax dollar, behind only New Mexico. They receive $3.74 from Washington DC for every dollar they pay in taxes. 27.18% of their state budget is money that we pay.

West Virginia has the highest rate of drug abuse in the U.S., and thousands of residents have died from overdoses in recent years. The link between declining coal employment and drug abuse is clear. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, is quoted as saying:

“Job losses and poverty are the fertile ground in which drug abuse grows . . . many of our people have simply given up looking for jobs. They have lost their homes, their cars, their dreams and their hope.”