http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-312/ National and international news analysis, film, theater, music and more, from WBUR and PRI Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:46:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-312/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Erik T Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:17:19 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=2821#comment-265 Ironically, states like Montana and Wyoming, whose populations oppose the recovery of wolf populations, and whose politicians refer to "state's rights" as justification, are generally the states that, on balance, are net importers of money from the Federal government. It would improve their credibility if they were to start sending those tax dollars back to the states like Massachusetts, New York, California, etc - the states that are currently supporting them. See http://www.nemw.org/fundsrank.htm for the data. Ironically, states like Montana and Wyoming, whose populations oppose the recovery of wolf populations, and whose politicians refer to “state’s rights” as justification, are generally the states that, on balance, are net importers of money from the Federal government. It would improve their credibility if they were to start sending those tax dollars back to the states like Massachusetts, New York, California, etc – the states that are currently supporting them.
See http://www.nemw.org/fundsrank.htm for the data.

]]> http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/03/rundown-312/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Bill Earls Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:28:39 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=2821#comment-264 My wife and I like to travel and, because we live on the East Coast, our visits to the American West become major vacations - recently we spent three weeks in Oregon and Washington, renting cars, staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, patronizing art galleries and museums, book stores and jewelry stores, leaving between $3,000 to $5,000 behind us. I'd love to visit Idaho,Montana and Wyoming in the same way. However, as long as these states allow - and even worse, encourage - the hunting of wolves, I will strike them from my Places to Visit list. Yellowstone and Grand Teton? The Custer Battlefield? Rodeos? Steakhouses? B&Bs? Forget it. I won't even buy Idaho potatoes. My wife and I like to travel and, because we live on the East Coast, our visits to the American West become major vacations – recently we spent three weeks in Oregon and Washington, renting cars, staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, patronizing art galleries and museums, book stores and jewelry stores, leaving between $3,000 to $5,000 behind us. I’d love to visit Idaho,Montana and Wyoming in the same way. However, as long as these states allow – and even worse, encourage – the hunting of wolves, I will strike them from my Places to Visit list. Yellowstone and Grand Teton? The Custer Battlefield? Rodeos? Steakhouses? B&Bs? Forget it. I won’t even buy Idaho potatoes.

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