John T Johnston
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

You, Jonna, may not have gone to college, but YOU write vastly better then many folks I know who did……AND with skill and perception of the issue! Superb analysis of the reality of the USA today. The very rich have utilized the old saying “Divide and Conquer” to the max…. alas. LBJ, after JFK’s assassination, was at a meeting and many white folks criticized him for continuing the Civil Rights initiatives begun by JFK. He turned to them and said “Ya think you’re better then a nigger. Nigger makes a buck an hour…. you make a buck 25. Fool! Let me tell ya, the big boys higher up make a Hell of a lot more then you ever will!”. But you can’t fix stupid, as they say. I kept asking why were there not programs to educate out of work coal miners. THEN I found out that OH/KY/WV had initiated retraining programs in solar, auto mechanics, plumbing, carpentry etc. You know what? Only about 15+/-% of those out of work took advantage of these programs. Hopeless. Anyway, THANK YOU for the precise article. Instead of “Keep on truckin’”, keep on writin’!!!

    John T Johnston

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