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Very few minorities milking the system compared to say, Mississippi.
Of course... Mississippi's problem is all blacks!
Mississippi has been a craphole for 200 years now.
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Perhaps the OP would be good enough to explain how a socialist senator and high taxes have created such a paradise?
The question was directed at you, the poster.
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Funny thing... New Hampshire is basically identical, except it's one of the freest states to live; even moreso than Texas and Alaska, which is quite surprising. They are also pro-second ammendment and have no sales tax. If they had better weather, I'd move there in a heartbeat!
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NH has no sales tax, no income tax, no capital gains tax & no death taxes, and a decent amount of real jobs. In defense of VT they have excellent pro-Second AD gun laws.
Both are Democratic states....
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Check out their utterly woeful lack of cultural diversty.
I think people get confused about socially liberal versus economic liberal. My state, Washington, is liberal socially in such things as legalizing gay marriage and marijuana and gun rights but at the save time the people here are pretty economically conservative in that we have no state income tax, the state doesn't overspend, people expect others to work and take care of themselves, etc. My guess is that Vermont is somewhat similar but I think their higher taxes keep really wealthy from living there or developing business there like we have in Seattle.
People don't get confused; they are just misguided. Social issues are irrelevant. Economic issues are what is important. Social issues are a distraction used by both parties to ram through economic legislation behind closed doors. The people complaining about abortion as "murder" are letting the goons outsource their jobs with huge smiles on their faces
People don't get confused; they are just misguided. Social issues are irrelevant. Economic issues are what is important. Social issues are a distraction used by both parties to ram through economic legislation behind closed doors. The people complaining about abortion as "murder" are letting the goons outsource their jobs with huge smiles on their faces
No they are not, they do effect us in both terms of liberty and wealth.
Funny why are the outsourcing?
Maybe because it is cheaper to do business given the mountain of laws and regulations in this nation?
For more than a century, Vermont has operated a viable and popular voucher system in 90 towns across the state. During the 1998-99 school year, the state paid tuition for 6,505 students in kindergarten through 12th grade to attend public and private schools. Families chose from a large pool of public schools and more than 83 independent schools including such well-known academies as Phillips Exeter and Holderness
Mississippi has been a craphole for 200 years now.
The question was directed at you, the poster.
Both are Democratic states....
Why would we be outraged?
NH has a republican senate & a republican U.S, Senator & are expected to win the NH house back & take a congressional seat...not a democratic state at all. The only way a dem gets elected governor in NH is if they run as a republican pledging no sales or income tax. lol.
It's amazing how often these blue states are rich/red states are poor threads pop up.
Lefty Vermont is located in the Northeast. The Northeast is the most heavily undustrialized, urbanized, and commercialized region of the nation. It has been so for 150 years. It has absolutely nothing to do with having a socialist senator. The South is the least developed and most agricultural region of the nation. The prosperity level of the south likewise has nothing to do with having Republican state governments.
Liberals display this level of shallow, superficial thinking repeatedly while claiming that conservatives are anti-science.
Read some history. Take a course in basic economics.
No they are not, they do effect us in both terms of liberty and wealth.
Funny why are the outsourcing?
Maybe because it is cheaper to do business given the mountain of laws and regulations in this nation?
PS great non sequitur.
Bwahahaha. no outsourcing does not occur due to the mountains of laws and regulations. Trust me, I've seen factories get outsourced out of china into other countries. Regulatory burden is minor for most businesses. Yes its there, and a factor, but you vastly overstate how much of one (with the exception of some industries that have high risks of external costs)....its all about how cheaply you can get workers. Its the race to the bottom.
Of course at a certain point you just automate the workers away.
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