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Two Americas: for how much longer can we prop-up the failed "Blue" America?
10/31/03

Posted on 10/31/2003 10:26:19 AM PST by pabianice

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NY is one of the richest states. It SHOULD pay more in taxes than the rests, and it should not expect the poorer ones to bail it out when it screws up.
141 posted on 11/01/2003 1:46:37 PM PST by Brilliant
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In thinking about this some more I have decided that the entire "states pay taxes" thread is absurd. State's don't pay taxes, individual citizens do. Income producers are over taxed by the Feds. This is true whether you live in Texas, New York or Oregon. The fact that the state you live in happens to get a lot of Federal money back in NO WAY changes or lessens the impact of the high taxes you paid. Sure special intrests in every state have found a way to tap into the flow of money out of your wallet (assuming you work) into FedGov. This is the main issue. Commies, and Dems, and Rinos who tend to dominate in the Blue States approve of this giant redistributionist scheme and continuing high taxes on productive wage earners. Republicans (some of them at least), Conservatives and Libertarians do not approve of this, regardless of which state they live in and whether their state has more or less graft flowing into it.

In summary, Reagan was right. Let's cut taxes. Let's cut taxes some more. Let's keep on cutting. Eventually the services, boondoggles, subsidies, welfare payments, section 8 grants and all the rest will have to stop.

142 posted on 11/01/2003 2:05:44 PM PST by Jack Black
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Several people seem to think if the Union dissolves, Texas will go it alone - I think we're up to it!

Texans may well be the ones to set the example, having done so before.

But wouldn't it be interesting if, in the wake of a Soviet Union style breakup of the USA, the Texians would combine with a breaklaway of the Mexican provinces of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila or Chihuahua. Or all three of them....

Now that would be a mighty interesting country to do business with....

-archy-/-

143 posted on 11/01/2003 6:28:45 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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