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Jackpine Radical

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3. Maybe not counterfeit riches at all--

Reply to ewagner (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 03:16 PM

Jul 2013

at least as far as the County Board payoffs go.

Only counterfeit as the county residents go. Local economic gains from mining are small, temporary, and followed by innumerable long-term problems.

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Walker's DNR Pushes Tribe Out for Strip Mine [View all] hue Jul 2013 OP

Thanks hue! Scuba Jul 2013 #1

They are blinded by dollar signs... ewagner Jul 2013 #2

Maybe not counterfeit riches at all-- Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #3

Yes... ewagner Jul 2013 #4

Ia that their sole motive?Are they tht stupid? Or Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #5

They're pretty cheap down here too.... ewagner Jul 2013 #6