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Rural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workers (www.wsj.com)

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With younger labor in short supply, aging workers often find themselves pulling double—or triple—duty to keep towns afloat

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Like it or not, “ Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” was a big step forward, sort of like decriminalizing pot. Before that, the military was much less tolerant, so it was a big deal to basically ignore it unless there was an actual problem.

It’s easy to look back now and be critical of half measures, but it was very controversial at the time, and strongly opposed

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

They're only interested in cherrypicking, not actual history