Fire congress and elect all new representatives. Democrats and Republicans.
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Fire congress and elect all new representatives. Democrats and Republicans.
It would be nice.
Study after study shows though that people HATE Congress collectively, but LOVE their own Congressman.
It makes no sense. Its like Boucher around here, the man will never be beat no matter what he does. Its the same all across the country. These men get in and do favors and bring home the pork and they stay for 20 years no matter what they do. I was shocked that David Davis lost the 1st District Republican primary in Tennessee.
I don't like Boucher, never have. Even when I was fighting the Veteran's Administration, I didn't like him. He didn't do anything to help me on that. It was his office personnel, not him. Not once did I talk to him. I bet he didn't even know they were doing anything for me.
The man wins 70% of the 9th district vote every year...
Can anyone explain how call centers and broadband internet has helped SWVA...???
Not one bit, and even though he has announced dozens of loans and new businesses in the area, how many are around now? Most of the businesses he announced as coming into the area are gone or never materialized.
Want to know something else funny? Think about who owned most of the property on which the power plant is being built? THE KILGORES did. I bet they made a killing.
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Can anyone explain how they haven't?
They haven't much, except provided some jobs. They aren't the most stable jobs, but I haven't seen BMW in a rush to come into the area. Nothing of any major consquence is going to come into most of the area until there is interstate access. 23 is good, and it will obviously get more than anything in Dickenson County, but where there are roads, there will bigger industry.
Nobody with much sense is going to put anything in this area where you're deliveries, be they imports or exports, can get killed due to the 5 mph coal trucks (or the 85 mpg coal trucks on some of the curves, but thats another type of killed)
You honestly believe that $6-$8 an hour jobs at these call centers has helped the people of SWVA??? Give me a break...None of them even employ full-time people...basically its just a fancy McDonald's job.
Broadband has helped UVA-Wise, but beyond any campus community it has done nothing to recruit businesss.
Rocket brings the most valid point of transportation which really is not anyone's fault. Its just geography.
Don't have anything against the call centers etc. but I do have alot against boucher having done nothing to bring them or anything else in here but when something does come in here he comes blowing his own horn like he drove every nail in the building, when he never even heard of the place till it was nearly done.
I have come to the conclusion that people are going to [censored] and complain no matter what moves into the area, it is just in their DNA. We could have 3-4 new businesses move into the area that provide good pay and people in this area would STILL find something to [censored] about regardless.