@Rockhead,
Rockhead wrote:
There are more folks like me than you think.
On a number of A2K threads, RH, I have portrayed myself as being a dumb redneck. That is, perhaps, only half true. I live in a city, but I can drive west about 30 miles, taking about 2 hours, and end up in the long and narrow hollows tucked into the Blue Ridge Mtns. Places where, quite frankly, I was looked upon suspiciously; an outsider. Folks who might come down to do day-jobs and pay taxes, but never asked or wanted anything back from the government.
Years ago, I was peripherally involved in a program run by the states, a freight railway company, private donors and med students. A short train would lumber through the rural areas of VA and WVA, giving away trinkets, and trying to establish some sense of trust such that the med students could provide a basic level of health care.
These folks, at least the ones I met, didn't trust the gov't. They felt they didn't need the gov't. The family members, not the gov't, take care of each other.
There are probably many places in the U.S. where that is the norm .
Sorry to drift off-topic.