At What Cost a New Economy?

At What Cost a New Economy?

A Kentucky town may be gaining $600 million of stimulus money. But what will it lose?

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Submitted by ravelstein on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 1:38am.

Though this story is rather

Though this story is rather interesting, I believe the author has struck a bit of a condescending tone. Yes, Glendale will change and it seems that the residents are happy to have it, who are you to tell the residents that they are pre-pubescent tweens who just don't understand? Don't pity these people, be happy that they have a chance to further their lot in a symbiotic relationship that is really the essence of the Obama ideal.

Submitted by mgpolar101 on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 2:59pm.

Reply to Ravelstein

Ravelstein I couldn't agree more. I enjoyed the article in learning about where stimulus money is going but the attitude in the article has an underlying tone of condescension that you typically find when discussing small, rural towns in American and the people within those communities. I am also unclear as the author's intentions: Big companies getting bailouts that feed jobs and revenue to small communities is bad? Maybe that's a very interesting point, what's the historical precedence? What are the good/bad potential ramifications? What's going on in Glendale today job wise? How bad are people hurting? etc. These are people with lives and real stories, no different than anyone here in Los Angeles where I live. Urban, metropolitan, hip, highly educated is not at all necessarily better. Again, we all live lives with the same fundamental concerns. And besides: I'll bet that old guy on the porch has more to teach us about life then all the professors at UCLA combined.