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Another division is likely to compete for center stage in the next two years: the split between, on one side, California and New York—two states, deeply in debt, whose wealthy are beneficiaries of the global economy—and, on the other, the solvent states of the American interior that will be asked to bail them out. This geographic division will also pit the heartland’s middle class and working class against the well-to-do of New York and California and their political allies in the public-sector unions.”
Yes indeed. Hopefully, we'll fill some of that blue in with a little red in 2012, when 23 dem senators are up for reelection and the expectation that a whole bunch of dems in congress will be retiring.
Same map here, but highlights the change from party to party. Click "house", scroll down for map.
This is just the latest scare-tactic from Republicans. They want to turn more Democratic states into their enemies. Divide and conquer - that's the Republican game.
States like Alaska, Tennessee, and Mississippi receive disproportionately large amounts of money from the federal government, so if we're going to be fair, we need to reduce the funding those states receive.
This is just the latest scare-tactic from Republicans. They want to turn more Democratic states into their enemies. Divide and conquer - that's the Republican game.
States like Alaska, Tennessee, and Mississippi receive disproportionately large amounts of money from the federal government, so if we're going to be fair, we need to reduce the funding those states receive.
I agree. Let the states keep more of their money - starve the beast in DC.
I mean, does it make sense for a state to send money to DC, where it is sliced and diced, sent back to that state with directives, mandates and strings attached.
WHY do we think DC can manage things better than the people in individual states, who live there, work there?
Given the sentiment expressed, I am amazed that there wasn't more red upstate.
NY is a mess. Our taxes are out the wazoo. We have a gov elect, who as AG, did little to prosecute some of the crooks (like Rangel, who was voted in with an insane amount of votes) and who was a media darling. It's going to be business as usual in NYS.
The writer mentions Steve Levy, who has been a pretty strong county executive. He changed parties in order to attempt a run for Gov. He is more centrist, calls things as he sees them and has been generally unswayed by special groups. I can't help but wonder if his Jewish last name and party switch killed his chance to be on the GOP ticket.
Many of the people who are leaving the state can no longer afford to live here because the taxes are that dreadful and the job prospects abysmal. It has begun to feel like we are taxed at every turn to make up for one shortfall or another. We can't
I live in one of the Congressional Districts which is still too close to call -- which is amazing because it is typically a democratic area.
CA and NY do not deserve bailouts -- as much as it would be a relief to tax-to-death NYers such as myself. Corporations and states do not deserve bailouts.
You're wrong. Maryland did the same thing by passing a surtax and the impact has been demonstrable. In Maryland, the state comptroller’s office final tax return data for 2008 (before the recession), the first year that the higher tax rates applied, shows that the number of millionaire tax returns fell sharply to 5,529 from 7,898 in 2007, a 30% tumble. The taxes paid by rich filers fell by 22%, and instead of their payments increasing by $106 million, they fell by some $257 million.
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