I agree with your statement 101%. That is WHY we eastern Washingtonians & eastern Oregonians are trying our best to form the state of LIBERTY as well as absorb eastern Oregon into the "Greater Idaho" project. Below I am listing the problem we have both in Eastern Washington/Oregon, which is LACK OF HUMAN POPULATION;
Washington state;
esd.wa.gov
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Oregon state;
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There are other counties within both eastern Washington/Oregon that have higher populations but when compared to the social liberals(statist left) packed into the coastal area the combined population of the eastern counties in Washington state is a drop in the bucket, & just or even more pathetic if @ all possible it's the same for eastern Oregon counties.
It's as bad in Idaho itself regarding low population per square mile. In Idaho county the PHYSICALLY LARGEST county in Idaho, Idaho County, has a whopping population of just over 16,000 folks.
In Clark county Idaho the entire population of the county is under 1,000 folks
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When I said we are holding a front line with holes in it, zero reserves & no reinforcements coming I was not kidding like we could use some help from our fellow classical liberals(Libertarians), Conservatives/Republicans & allied Independents further east from us. I mean over here in eastern Oregon/Washington & Idaho in general, a pathetic handful of farmers when compared to the amount of the U.S. population we feed, are doing everything we can to keep these fields producing bumper crops of wheat, oats, barley, lentils & a host of other crops to include timothy/grass hay & alfalfa for our dairies despite the enviro whacko/marxinazis trying to curb our access to gypsum(nitrogen) fertilizer. When one loses their farming community they lose everything including their lives. Support our farmers so we can escape from tyrannical government.