Since Wyoming doesn't have a state income tax, they think they can just have companies rip up the ground, and the state taxes those companies on what they pull up/out. (Sound familiar, Alaska?) Now what, Wyo?
The state's politics are xenophobic at worst, anti-federalist at best. And yet, the cattle folks cry when they have to pay money for grazing on federal lands, and cry when they don't get the BLM land grants (the right to graze).
Wyoming government - a Tea Bagger's heaven on earth.
And it is the local kids who deserve an decent education who all suffer.
We had a meme during 2000-2002 protests at U. Wyo: "Keep 'em in Wyoming - keep 'em stupid!", because local kids were leaving the state in droves due to a lack of affordable and viable higher education. This panicked the State legislature, but at the same time, still made cuts to U. Wyo and the 7 CC's.
After getting my BS and PhD at U. Wyoming (as an out-of-state tuition payer), I high-tailed it out of there ASAP.
There are many articles regarding the "Wyoming trap" - sure, it's cheap to live there, but it'll cost you so much just to have the ability/education to leave Wyoming.
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