[DoodleDawg]

"I've known Thad all of my political life. He's done more for Mississippi than most can conceive, but the grassroots don't care because they are so tired of the gridlock in Washington," my friend said on the condition of anonymity.

I admit that I've heard a lot of very good reasons for voting for McDaniel but ending gridlock has never been one of them.

[vette6387]

“”I’ve known Thad all of my political life. He’s done more for Mississippi than most can conceive, ...”

Yeah, that’s the problem. Thad has been “bringing home the bacon” for MS all those years. Getting more than Mississippi’s “fair share” of federal funds. When you look at a chart showing what states pay and what they get back, Mississippi is at a the bottom of the per capita contributions, but at the very top on per capita receipts. Everyone pi$$es and moans about California, but we only get something on the order of 40% of our tax money paid to Washington back. Essentially, we are propping up states like Mississippi. Guess we are “helping” Mississippi eradicate outhouses and double wides. I had a friend from New Jersey who bought a 40 acre farm on a lake with two houses in Horn Lake, MS. Total property taxes were $250.00 per year.

[mosaicwolf]

".....ending gridlock has never been one of them."

Ending Gridlock: When all Republicans agree with the Democrat position on an issue.