On average, they get far more from the Federal Government than they put in on a per state basis.
Yet these same people like to complain about people (Blue state Libs) getting welfare and handouts all the time. When they are prime beneficiaries of government handouts. And the Blue States are paying more taxes than they get back. In effect, paying welfare for the Red States!
This is a fact!
I have links to the facts below. Please read them (the facts) before you answer.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html
2006-12-11 03:06:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I'd like to see what the proud South (Red states) would look like if they only got back what they paid in federal taxes.
And what the North (Blue states) would look like if we got back our fair share.
Lord have mercy if the Red states were supporting the Blue States Like the Blues support them now. They'd be a 3rd world economy.
2006-12-11 03:11:50 · update #1
I don't mind helping out retrograde Red States if it helps build a strong U.S. But what I do mind is constantly hearing beggars calling us Blue Staters socialists, when they are the prime beneficiaries of U.S. social programs/welfare. AT OUR EXPENSE!
I say it's time to cut you OFF.
2006-12-11 03:22:19 · update #2
Ignorance, thats why. Red States are also the least educated. In one way or another, all of lifes injustices come down to a lack of education and a preponderance of ignorance. Mark Twain said ''Travel is fatal to ignorance''. Is it also any wonder people in Red States also travel the least?
2006-12-11 03:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by Hans B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate to break it to you, but Federal income tax is not determined by what state you live in. It is determined by the amount of money you make. Further if we take the accepted electoral map from the 2004 election we find that there are twice as many red states as blue states. The reasoning of 2 year old could make the adequate correlation that if you are talking about a 2/1 ratio in the number of states then there are going to be a greater numbers of welfare recipients. Poverty is not a red state/blue state issue, it is a United States issue. Yet another post from the so called enlightened set which attacks one of the core constituencies they claim to support. Apparently the idea that Democrats are for the common man is just lip service for you. The same old fare, no solutions, no proposals just more weak attempts to paint the other side as evil. Well we are all waiting to see the change that is supposed to be coming starting next month. Let's just hope that the new Congress is more enlightened and responsive to all citizens than yourself.
2006-12-11 03:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The blue states are a lot closer to socialism than the red states and if you notice in the last 20 years a lot of the smart people in the blue states are getting out and migrating to the red states. The population of NY and California has remain neutral in the last 10 years even thought that's were a large portion of our immigrants come in.
2006-12-11 03:29:46 · answer #3 · answered by Ynot! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like it's time for the blue states to start teaching the red states about personal responsibility. No more handouts!
2006-12-11 03:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by halitobro 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's socialism for you. Liberals talk about socialism all the time, but when THEY Are the ones having money taken from them all of a sudden it's a bad thing. Whether it's an individual or a whole state just taking money from one place and giving it to somewhere else it's a bad idea.
Charity is voluntary and there are no hard feelings because it's by choice. Welfare leaves hard feelings because it's mandatory. You can not dictate charity.
2006-12-11 03:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by namsaev 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
because of the fact Republicans tend to be the real "midsection type". Democrats have captured the super wealthy and the unfavorable. the wealthy because of the fact they grant tax breaks to anybody who's wealthy... think of roughly it: we are a funds pushed international. why might somebody vote for a central authority expert that would get rid of your funds? Then, the democrats provide the money from the midsection type to the unfavorable people who won't prefer to artwork. Plus, the human beings interior the purple states are greater in all likelihood to pass to college, yet to apply federal funds. the wealthy human beings do not choose the money and the unfavorable human beings are not going to college. Take out college and the federal spending might plummet. that's the knowledgeable fact.
2016-10-18 02:49:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go f-ing figure...My state gets the least money despite the fact that we have one of the busiest ports in the country, a HUGE international airport and our proximity to New York City.
2006-12-11 03:09:55 · answer #7 · answered by SatanicYoda 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we are in a war, the whole country is poor, get used to it and stop pointing fingers. how about you find a site that shows the number of killed unborn babies..... chances are the list will look something like that second link with all the blue's highlighted
2006-12-11 03:14:35 · answer #8 · answered by Stupendous Man! 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it would be interesting if you could break down the areas of the state which receive the most amount of that money, and see if that district is red or blue.
Or would that show that most of the money goes to democratic districts?
2006-12-11 03:34:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hey! I live in a liberal state, and we have the worst economy in all of the US!
I live in Michigan
2006-12-11 03:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋