[NativeNewYorker]

they don’t like paying for the vast federal subsidies that go to the city.

If you have proof that NYC takes in more from Washington than it pays in, I'd like to see it.

[George W. Bush]

If you have proof that NYC takes in more from Washington than it pays in, I'd like to see it.

That's wrong. New York gets back far less than it pays in. New York would benefit greatly from more federal tax cuts. They'll never vote for us though to get them. That's because it's a Dim machine state.

They'd rather drag the rest of us into their socialist world than just do what's best for themselves.