All Jonesborough, TN GOP Supporters Please Enlighten Me??? Help Me Understand

After reviewing the statistical census (dated 2000) for Jonesborough, TN I'm baffled. This town epitomizes the very essence of what is happening to our nations' economy, health care and education.

In Jonesborough unemployment and SSI disability benefits exceeds the national average. Only 19% of the entire population has earned a college degree. These are very sobering and sad facts. How is it possible a inporverished town like this can support today's GOP party, when it clearly doesn't support you?

Your thoughts?

Town
Population 2000: 4,168
Square miles: 4.33
Metro area: Jonesborough, TN

 

Economy

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Jonesborough was $18,768, compared with $21,587 nationally

Education

19% of Jonesborough residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

Housing & real estate

Median rent in Jonesborough, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $302.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $752.

RACE AND ETHNICITY
		Number		Pct		Pct		Pct
White		3,894		93.4		80.2		75.1
Black or African American		231		5.5		16.4		12.3
American Indian and Alaska native		4		0.1		0.3		0.9

Gee...now one just has to wonder why in the world you picked JONESBOROUGH out of ALL the citites in the great state of Tennessee....hmmmmmm..

Thank you for bringing our little town out into the spotlight, but here we like to rely on our own abilities and talents. We know here the government is mainly for defense and to keep order. The GOP and DNC are not going to give us what barbed wire we could eat.
It is best to try to just make it in life on your own.

Take care,
Vanessa from Jonesborough