The Manhattan Institute’s new study says the Intermountain West is among four regions that will grow fastest in the next four decades, in part because of pro-business government policies.
America’s Growth Corridors: The Key to National Revival puts all of Idaho, Utah and Nevada in the “growth corridor,” along with eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, eastern California; northwestern New Mexico; northern Arizona; and western Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado in the fast-growing region.
Released Tuesday, the report also attributes the projection to low housing costs and above average population growth.
The other three growth corridors:
The Great Plains region of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.
The “Third Coast” stretch of counties along the Gulf of Mexico and which range through Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
The “Southeast Manufacturing Belt” of counties in eastern Arkansas, all of Tennessee, and large swaths of Kentucky, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and southwestern Virginia.
Mr. Popkey, your report of this alleged good news about Idaho fails to fully inform the reader of the group who issued this propaganda for you to report as news.
You are the simply helping a promote a conservative propaganda as legilate news. The Manhatten Istitute is not a friend of Idaho workers, our families or our children education and future.
The Manhattan Institute is a strict ideological conservative group funded with millions of dollars by the wealthy radical anti-government conservatives such as the Koch Brothers, Olin and Bradley Foundations along with many other billionaire conservatives.
The Manhattan Institute as does our local Idaho freedom foundation refuses to disclose corporate funding, however its documented the Manhattan institute receives millions funding from Big Oil, like ExxonMobil, Big Pharm like Bristol-Myers, big banks like Chase Manhattan and Merrill Lynch.
The Manhattan Institute is an aggressive conservative group funded to create opinion based fact propaganda as fake news and get it issued in the media as real news and thus giing its propaganda legitimacy.
This group promotes school vouchers and the elimination of public schools, they promote low wage unsustainable jobs in the so-called growth areas to benefit big business profits, they promote massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, they support taxing workers to support the government and user taxes to pay for tax cuts to the rich. They support the privatization of social security and the elimination of Medicare.
The propaganda of future growth by this group should be of concern to all Idahoans. If they see a future in Idaho then it is clearly not beneficial to everyday hardworking Idahoans who already suffer with conservative leadership that has ushered in horrible education, low wage jobs, poor infrastructure, and bad health care as the norm………..Idaho cannot afford more of the same and to become a state overrun run by the likes of the wealthy supporters of the Manhattan institute and turned into a third world country.
Beware of the Manhatten Institute and its intent.
In other words, it’s a stink tank or a think stank.
Why is it that when alternative views are expressed, the liberals (who say they support freedom of speech and expression of ideas) slander those of us on the conservative side with vile attacks? Notice the response earlier said nothing to the actual report, but went on to personal attacks. I thought we lived in a free country and I could support causes I believe in. I guess that is true ONLY if you support the liberal agenda.
This is the problem when arguing with idiots – they can’t handle the actual points and talk about the free market approach to to our economy. They want to spread the ideas of communism (sharing of wealth and taking from one group and giving to another). The problem with this type of approach of taking from the “have’s” and giving to the “have not’s” is both loose their freedom. The “have’s” lose their ability to give freely and the “have not’s” lose the joy in find success in providing for themselves through hard work and struggling to make it.
Now a brief comment to proving names of supporters: Its called freedom to support causes, especially non-profits, without being harassed for it. I don’t see you calling foul play media matters and left wing groups to supply their list of supporters. I am happy to provide a few dollars to help the Idaho Freedom Foundation, even if it is a couple hundred of dollars a year – I believe in what they do to protect my rights – including standing up for GOD given and Constitutionally protected rights.
Thank you Dan Popkey for understanding that research from the Manhattan Institute is solid research and that they, like Idaho Freedom Foundation, provide credible research – even if you may or may not agree with their platform.
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