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To: BBell

Whats up with red states sucking up so much revenue?


3 posted on 01/10/2015 12:17:52 PM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

“Whats up with red states sucking up so much revenue?”

That’s why WaPost publishes it.


4 posted on 01/10/2015 12:18:48 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: skeeter

In the South, more on welfare, plus a higher proportion of military bases.

The Dems slam Republican-leaning states over this, when it is largely Dem constituencies on Dem welfare programs that make the states net importers of Federal $$$.


7 posted on 01/10/2015 12:22:38 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: skeeter
Whats up with red states sucking up so much revenue?

You could be labeled a troll....Watch it....lol

13 posted on 01/10/2015 12:35:54 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: skeeter

I suspect must of this can be correlated with blacks and illegals as a portion of population...


16 posted on 01/10/2015 12:39:12 PM PST by GOPJ ("I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees. "Charb Charbonnier-Publisher Charlie Hebdo.)
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To: skeeter

It all depends on what you choose to count.
I doubt fed payments or tax deductions to individuals and businesses in the state is counted.

Would love to see an “absolute” accounting of the federal money flow. WashPost wouldn’t though.


18 posted on 01/10/2015 12:43:53 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: skeeter

The states that get the most Federal revenue tend to be those that have large military bases and Indian reservations. If Social Security and Medicare outlays are included in the calculation, then add states with a lot of retirees, too.


34 posted on 01/10/2015 2:40:52 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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To: skeeter

Whats up with red states sucking up so much revenue?

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Red states have lower state taxes, so the Fed contribution is a higher percentage.


35 posted on 01/10/2015 2:58:48 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: skeeter

The red states are where the vast majority of minorities live.


38 posted on 01/10/2015 4:43:15 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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