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Please allow me to throw a wrench into your blue/red state thing.
Isn't it a fact that red states have more, or greater numbers of people on welfare, meaning the red states are where most of the slackers are, and oh, yeah, are better managed? If they're better managed, why are the red states not putting those po white and black democratic voters to work.
No, that's false. 15 of the top 25 states with the highest percentage of their citizens on welfare are blue. A California resident is three times as likely to be on welfare than someone in Oklahoma.
Its a known fact the blue states prop up the red states. the whole NE corridor and California get back pennies on the dollar for money they put into the feds, while red states make bank.
1. New Mexico: $2.63 2. West Virginia: $2.57
3. Mississippi: $2.47 4. District of Columbia: $2.41 5. Hawaii: $2.38
6. Alabama: $2.03
7. Alaska: $1.93 8. Montana: $1.92
9. South Carolina: $1.92 10. Maine: $1.78
I'll give the "edge" to you in that reguard, but "prop up" is a bit much.
The is no question of the big picture that the graphic brings out: the states with big Democratic machine politics, where the public sector unions have a stranglehold--Calfornia, Illinois, NY, etc--are doing something to drive people out. The red states with lower taxes, often right-to-work, and relatively weak public sector unions, are attracting people in.
There is plenty of nuance and exception. My state of Washington, is solidly blue, with strong public sector unions is owned by Dems, yet have gained population, despite having a high unemployment rate. But we have no state income tax, and the voters reject the idea time after time. Also very much a pro-gun state. Voters here are a peculiar breed.
Sure there is nuance, but you have to have a heavy dose of denial not to see the overall trend.
The is no question of the big picture that the graphic brings out: the states with big Democratic machine politics, where the public sector unions have a stranglehold--Calfornia, Illinois, NY, etc--are doing something to drive people out. The red states with lower taxes, often right-to-work, and relatively weak public sector unions, are attracting people in.
There is plenty of nuance and exception. My state of Washington, is solidly blue, with strong public sector unions is owned by Dems, yet have gained population, despite having a high unemployment rate. But we have no state income tax, and the voters reject the idea time after time. Also very much a pro-gun state. Voters here are a peculiar breed.
Well, let's not go overboard. We are also Queen of Nanny states. Our outgoing Gov. Gregoire fired some of the opening shots in the War on Tobacco. We've had various mini-wars on booze, such as Seattle banning certain makes of malt liqour in certain areas (the companies evaded the ban by changing the names of their products, lol). Area police are tirelessly active against prostitution and strip clubs. Seattle Mayor right now is leading a crusade against Backpage.com sex ads. And we have an ongoing "War on Cars" here, too. The privately owned car is basically considered as a modern day vice.
California
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Illinois
Minnesota etc.
Nary a red payor state in sight.
The people who pay the bulk of our tax burden (the 1%) tend to live in big cities in blue states. In fact, 75% of the richest Americans (those with over $30 million) live in blue states, which is part of the reason why blue states pay more to fund the government than red states.
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