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<p class="MsoNormal">Nick writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">\u201cPeople have kids because they have hopes; people with more fears than hopes, probably don\u2019t have kids.\u201d<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ed writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">\u201c<span style="color:black">It seems we who have benefited either directly or indirectly from the welfare that has supported the labs in NM should feel some responsibility to help the 75% of children in the SF schools who are on food aid,
 if for no other reason to break the cycle of poverty.\u201d<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">How about removing tax credits for dependents.&nbsp;&nbsp; And do more to indoctrinate people to have more fears than hopes, because judging from Ed\u2019s remark, they are badly calibrated to reality. &nbsp;&nbsp;And raise taxes across
 the board to fund schools so that the kids do in fact leave and don\u2019t make the same mistake.&nbsp; &nbsp;Depopulate parts of this country where it is just not going to work out.&nbsp; &nbsp;Canada is doing it.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Or conversely, pay them to come.&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/blogs/how-do-you-deal-with-dwindling-tiny-towns-newfoundland-and-labrador-will-pay-you-to-leave-1.4466157">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/blogs/how-do-you-deal-with-dwindling-tiny-towns-newfoundland-and-labrador-will-pay-you-to-leave-1.4466157</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/pf/jobs/vermont-pay-remote-workers/index.html<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Marcus</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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