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Colorado Central Magazine

Why blame $6-an-hour people for the woes of the West?

Letter from Lisa Dolby

Rural life – May 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Quillen,

I was particularly infuriated by an article by Mary Chapman that appeared in your March issue of Colorado Central. She and the other soul-suckin’ capitalistic snobs like her are the very reason why federal lands should not be privatized. If these pseudo-environmentalists can’t sustain themselves on rural livelihoods in the manner in which they are accustomed, what are they doing here and why are they blaming people who make $6 – $8 an hour for their economic problems?