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Virginia? Things seem better down there than here. Up here in Northern VA, snobby liberal elites now get to decide what's right for the state.
I'm in Augusta, GA. The funny thing is there are rural counties in the state that lean GOP (the majority of them do) but the closer to the metropolitan areas you get the opposite starts to be true. But most of the public assistance goes to the more populated counties which tend to lean democratic.
Are you comparing military with medicare??? Not saying I don't agree that medicare is needed but its definitely not the same as military. We are paying the for the military because it protects us ALL. Medicare is only benefit for those who qualify and you don't have to work to get it. You have to work and put your life on the line in the military so they should be compensated for that.
If you polled the majority of the country they would agree to gut the military, but ask them to eliminate Medicare and they wouldn't go for it.
I think you guys are still stuck in this Cold War mentality where we are at constant odds with the world. We're not.
And just cus the military protects all doesn't make it something totally unique to other government programs. We educate all. We ship and mail things across the country for all. If we had universal healthcare we would provide care for ALL.
It's the same thing. How can you guys really say that the military is exempt from your tirades against government?
If you polled the majority of the country they would agree to gut the military, but ask them to eliminate Medicare and they wouldn't go for it.
I think you guys are still stuck in this Cold War mentality where we are at constant odds with the world. We're not.
And just cus the military protects all doesn't make it something totally unique to other government programs. We educate all. We ship and mail things across the country for all. If we had universal healthcare we would provide care for ALL.
It's the same thing. How can you guys really say that the military is exempt from your tirades against government?
Petro-dollar.
Looks like you got something to think about and investigate.
If you polled the majority of the country they would agree to gut the military, but ask them to eliminate Medicare and they wouldn't go for it.
I think you guys are still stuck in this Cold War mentality where we are at constant odds with the world. We're not.
And just cus the military protects all doesn't make it something totally unique to other government programs. We educate all. We ship and mail things across the country for all. If we had universal healthcare we would provide care for ALL.
It's the same thing. How can you guys really say that the military is exempt from your tirades against government?
Where did I say we need to eliminate Medicare?????
During the last few years, a key liberal talking point has been "red state welfare." The argument is that the states that get more from the federal government than they pay in taxes tend to be red states, whereas the states that give more to the federal government than they pay in taxes tend to be blue states. This "red state welfare" hypothesis falls completely apart when we look at the data.
I have live in one of these small towns in Washington. The school district was in large part funded by taxpayers in the Seattle area-democrats. We had a large number of Federal employees through the Forest Service and in our schools 50% were on Snap and I guess most of the town was on Medicaid, Schip, EITC, etc. Senior relied SS, Medicare and senior lunches. But when it come to voting 57% voted Republican. Almost the whole town was a government check...ya gotta love the Republican base.
Isn't it nuts? Yet they'll wax on about the private sector does it better but they wouldn't leave their nice state job to work the grind at a private firm.
I can't tell you how many conservative teachers I know that grit their teeth when they hear a right wing douche on Fox gripe about how teacher pay is too high and should be cut, but of course they stay loyal to the GOP for some odd reason.
Where I live the suburban and rural counties do vote GOP but they are the more affluent counties that don't get a lot of government assistance where as the main county, Richmond, leans democratic and being the main county it of course has the projects, and the lower income people that receive the most government support. Nothing is absolute.
The township I live in is pretty red. Lot's of transplants from Chicago and Milwaukee areas. Some are retirees,some younger families. The rest of the county is really low income. Lot's of people on welfare,ssi,food stamps. Unlike most rural areas,lots of people are also in unions. Add to that a lot of farmers who like their farm programs.
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