Rural America becoming less relevant?

       What prompts this post is that our USDA (US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)  chief said so. His position is appointed and approved by the senate, by the way.

               aT LEAST HE ACKNOWLEDGED RURAL AMERICA'S BIGGEST ASSETS - THE FOOD SUPPLY, RECREATIONAL  AREAS  AND ENERGEY, FOR EXAMPLE - CAN BE OVERLOOKED BY PEOPLE ELSEWHERE AS THE usa POPULATION SHIFTS MORE TO CITIES, THEIR SUBURBS AND EXERBS.

               sAID ANOTHER WAY, BEING FED AND WARM IS A BIG DEAL TO EVERYONE BE THEY RURAL Or URBAN.  aND HE LEFT OUT WATER, WHICH ALL LIVING THINGS NEED TO LIVE. mOST OF THAT IS PIPED IN FROM RURAL AREAS TO URBAN AREAS, OR DELIVERED BY RIVERS FROM RURAL AREAS. In the end all of our water comes from the sky, and has to be collected and concentrated for we humans to use.

               There was a time our various governments, federal, state, and county, routinely promoted laws and policies and practiced things that enhanced our food basket, and our water supply. That helped us grow and develop the country we have today, and enhanced our future. Now it seems the opposite is happening.  Even simple things like draining the wetlands where they promoted mosquitoes that carried malaria are now out of fashion. Instead we are restoring wetlands, and one can expect malaria and other mosquito borne diseases to be coming back, which will also affect our blood supply.

               So in the falling off the cliff idea, it seems like the best way to get people's attention these days is to let catastrophe happen; like being unfed, cold, and thirsty and subject to waste water diseases like cholera.  In other words, dying in big numbers. People in the USA had a chance to vote, and now they get to suffer the consequences, it seems.

               What a sad state of affairs if this should come to pass. Said another way, we all have to work together, rural and urban, to best enhance our country and our children's futures.

               Now to do so best usually takes good leaders and an educated populace, which we seem woefully to be deficient in these days. The good news in this conclusion is that we the people can change that, if we want to. Unfortunately, much mayhem and disorder will probably have to come along the way.

               Now even if you believe we humans need to change, remember change can be both good and bad. Hopefully most want to change things for the better.

               Anyway, tomorrow is another day, so hang in there and do the best you can where you live, both rural and urban. We all contribute in our own way.