A federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
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Re: A federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
#2Once again, much of the state of America can be summarized as "this awful experience is a direct result of the Reagan administration, but most people don't realize it".
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#4Once again, much of the state of America can be summarized as "this awful experience is a direct result of the Reagan administration, but most people don't realize it".
I was listening to a podcast that mentioned something today that got worse in the eighties, and one host asked the other to guess the cause. I blurted out "Reagan" as I was listening, and was correct.
Alas, I don't remember what specific thing they were discussing.
Re: A federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
#5Once again, much of the state of America can be summarized as "this awful experience is a direct result of the Reagan administration, but most people don't realize it".
The GOP is the party that says government doesn't work, and when put into power, they make it so.
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#7Once again, much of the state of America can be summarized as "this awful experience is a direct result of the Reagan administration, but most people don't realize it".
The problem is that about half the country still sees him as some sort of hero.
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At some point you have to blame the other people who kept it going for 50 years now.
Re: A federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
#9Once again, much of the state of America can be summarized as "this awful experience is a direct result of the Reagan administration, but most people don't realize it".
If only a democrat majority had been elected at any point in the last 40 years that could have fixed this.
Re: A federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
#10> Today, in fact, many Deanwood residents travel to a Safeway outside the neighborhood to shop.
Isn't this the real issue? That we build on the assumption that everyone has a car?