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As students of the federal budget know, the citizens of some states pay more in taxes than they get back from Uncle Sam in grants and benefits. Arnold Schwarzenegger was stunned to learn upon taking office that for every dollar Californians send to Washington, they get back only 77 cents?an imbalance that topped $50 billion in 2003.
But a new analysis in The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America, a coffee-table book/political rant by liberal billionaire John Sperling, shows that a fiscal map looks awfully like an electoral map. Between 1991 and 2001, "winner" states got nearly $1 trillion more in federal benefits than they paid in taxes. Alabama won the biggest, raking in $100 billion. Losers California, New York, and Illinois each paid $250 billion or so more than they got back. The huge gaps are driven by higher average incomes in the "donor" states, plus subsidies for farms, oil, mining?"extractive" industries that skew red. There are exceptions (Texas is a loser, Pennsylvania a winner), but the map on this page shows the big picture.
The heist is more impressive considering that the winners have only a third of the U.S. population.
For blue staters, it's one thing to watch red states pick the President and set national policy on everything from Iraq to judges. But to pay them lavishly for the pleasure suggests that blues aren't just losers, they're stupid losers. You can feel blue anger rising. You reds don't like taxes? Okay, stop taking mine! You can have your states' rights too?and we'll start by cutting your allowance!
So California wouldn't HAVE a budget problem if they just received their fair share of the money they pay the feds.
It seems bizarre how many of the Red state lovers like to point out how great their economies are doing. I guess low paying jobs are doing great for Red stater.
Since we have been giving the Red staters huge subsidies for many years, I say its time to get them off the dole.
If they can't be self sufficient in say, 5 years, just like individuals on welfare, cut them OFF.
As it is they are taking the blue state money and using it to subsidize the stealing of blue state jobs.
Heck, if it weren't for the Red state leechers life would be good.
As students of the federal budget know, the citizens of some states pay more in taxes than they get back from Uncle Sam in grants and benefits. Arnold Schwarzenegger was stunned to learn upon taking office that for every dollar Californians send to Washington, they get back only 77 cents?an imbalance that topped $50 billion in 2003.
But a new analysis in The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America, a coffee-table book/political rant by liberal billionaire John Sperling, shows that a fiscal map looks awfully like an electoral map. Between 1991 and 2001, "winner" states got nearly $1 trillion more in federal benefits than they paid in taxes. Alabama won the biggest, raking in $100 billion. Losers California, New York, and Illinois each paid $250 billion or so more than they got back. The huge gaps are driven by higher average incomes in the "donor" states, plus subsidies for farms, oil, mining?"extractive" industries that skew red. There are exceptions (Texas is a loser, Pennsylvania a winner), but the map on this page shows the big picture.
The heist is more impressive considering that the winners have only a third of the U.S. population.
For blue staters, it's one thing to watch red states pick the President and set national policy on everything from Iraq to judges. But to pay them lavishly for the pleasure suggests that blues aren't just losers, they're stupid losers. You can feel blue anger rising. You reds don't like taxes? Okay, stop taking mine! You can have your states' rights too?and we'll start by cutting your allowance!
So California wouldn't HAVE a budget problem if they just received their fair share of the money they pay the feds.
It seems bizarre how many of the Red state lovers like to point out how great their economies are doing. I guess low paying jobs are doing great for Red stater.
Since we have been giving the Red staters huge subsidies for many years, I say its time to get them off the dole.
If they can't be self sufficient in say, 5 years, just like individuals on welfare, cut them OFF.
As it is they are taking the blue state money and using it to subsidize the stealing of blue state jobs.
Heck, if it weren't for the Red state leechers life would be good.
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