@RadioFreeTom @Jahaza @toad_spotted Nobody is saying that. People make individual moral decisions, but circumscribed by economics.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet You see that circumscription as a lot more limiting than I do, but that's an old left-right argument.@Jahaza@toad_spotted2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @RadioFreeTom
@RadioFreeTom@HeerJeet@Jahaza if disability and opiates are just about free&getting new job (with 5% unemployment)costs a move and a UHaul2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @toad_spotted
@toad_spotted The idea of moving to find a job is now alien to many Americans.@HeerJeet@Jahaza2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RadioFreeTom
@RadioFreeTom@toad_spotted No: there has been vast depopulation of rural America. Left behind are those who can't for whatever reason move1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet You say "can't." For some, that's true. For many, I and@KevinNR and@DavidAFrench say "won't."@toad_spotted1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RadioFreeTom
@HeerJeet I am part of that de-population. I left my hometown area, which isn't rural but post-industrial. No choice.@toad_spotted2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @RadioFreeTom
@RadioFreeTom@toad_spotted Right: so most people do if fact move. Question is why those left behind don't. Worth actually investigating.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet You say that as if no one has. Murray did, but you think Krugman was right because you don't like Murray's conc.@toad_spotted1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RadioFreeTom
@HeerJeet Here's a reason people don't move: they stupidly bought houses instead of renting.@toad_spotted4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@RadioFreeTom @toad_spotted Housing bubble was created by elite policy as much as choices by ordinary people.
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