gentlegardener<p>I am a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hillbilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hillbilly</span></a>. From <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a>. And here’s the elegy for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> localities from the folks they elected. </p><p>As much as $1 out of every $5 of public budgets in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a> counties comes from…taking money from rich states outside VA and sending it through the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> gummint to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> localities. More pronounced after 2020.</p><p>Common weal in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/commonwealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commonwealth</span></a>. <br>Aka wealth redistribution. <br>Aka the S word.</p><p>You’re welcome, y’all. </p><p>“Have you EVER said thank you (JD)?!?!?”</p>