Originally from: frances fish
                        
Frances sent you this MSNBC News Link:

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 Dear friends, why does this sound familiar, not caring about rural communities, been in power too long, it could be describing our country, its uncanny, we are not alone. . . . . . . . . .

Rural voters feel deserted by Japans ruling party
Hisataka Sugawara is proud to be a rice farmer, as his father was before him. He wonders, though, how much longer he can go on.

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