Busboy Jefe wrote:
> I love it when The Professor links to a general Google search and
> doesn't even bother to, you know, look at the "proof" he's offering.
> For example:
>
> "Here�s a list of the top 10 states that got the most back in terms of
> federal benefits:
>
> New Mexico, Mississippi, Alaska, Louisiana, W. Virginia, N.Dakota, S.
> Dakota, Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia."
>
> Wait, VIRGINIA? The hell you say! Oh, that's right...they took that
> stimulus money. Leeches. And just look at that list. Red, red, red.
What does this 'prove'? The rural states are given more monies
for a huge variety of reasons... development, roads, farm
subsidies. You sure as hell ain't gonna feed the country on
what they raise in --
> New Jersey, Nevada, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Minnesota,
> Illinois, Delaware, California, New York, Colorado
Another consideration -- the states above (that you mention
below) are heavily union and/or highly paid. Hasn't it been
your belief all along that the highest earners should pay
more?
> "Now consider the bottom 10, i.e., the ones that give more to the
> federal government in taxes than they get in return. From 1 to 10,
> they are:
>
> New Jersey, Nevada, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Illinois,
> Delaware, California, New York, Colorado"
>
>
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_reckoning/2012/10/25/blue_state_red_face_guess_who_benefits_more_from_your_taxes.html
>
> Wow, look at that...all those damn librul states shouldering the
> (obese) load of the red states. I wonder what would happen if the blue
> states stopped the welfare and you guys would no longer be able to
> gorge yourselves at the trough of the collective?
I suppose the blue states would have to learn to farm or
bring in more mexicans.
> See, you guys can chirp about low taxes and all that shit -- but you
> fail to mention, or realize even, that you're being subsidized by
> those blue states as a result.
More bullshit. Look at the states and the link you gave....
1) New Mexico - Indian reservations, military bases,
federal research labs, farm subsidies, retirement programs..
Now how is that money going to the average citizen in New Mexico?
2) Mississippi - Farm subsidies, military spending, nutrition
and anti-poverty aid, retirement programs.
Farm subsidies are wrong IMO, but they are done to keep
prices down across the country. Military spending ain't
helping Joe Citizen either.
3) Alaska - Per capita No 1 recipient of federal benefits;
infrastructure projects, DOT and pork projects.
Make of this one what you will.
And then the list goes on in a similar manner... civil service
pensions, farm subsidies, energy subsidies, etc. Your list
is not a direct correlation to the point you wished to make.