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Mazzie Daius
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According to the article after which this thread is named, Democrat states are much better off than are Republican states.
The Path to Prosperity Is Blue http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/o...-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
So what I want the democrats to do is threaten to restructure tax outlays to reflect state contributions. Get off the federal gravy train red states!! Try pulling your weight like like the blue states.
Puleez some conservative try to make the case this article is wrong. IOW Make My Day! The rest of you begin pointing out examples in your state. We need all the fodder we can get to put down those angry white male freeloading complainers.
According to the article after which this thread is named, Democrat states are much better off than are Republican states.
The Path to Prosperity Is Blue http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/o...-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
This red-blue divergence is all the more striking because red states still receive much more in federal spending relative to the federal taxes their residents pay. In other words, blue states are generally outperforming red states even while heavily subsidizing them.
Why are red states no longer consistently gaining ground? An important reason is that modern knowledge economies increase the rewards for education, research and development and urban hubs that promote the exchange of ideas and development of talent. This has made local conditions more important even in this age of globalization. And the places where these effects have been most successfully promoted are overwhelmingly blue.
So what I want the democrats to do is threaten to restructure tax outlays to reflect state contributions. Get off the federal gravy train red states!! Try pulling your weight like like the blue states.
Puleez some conservative try to make the case this article is wrong. IOW Make My Day! The rest of you begin pointing out examples in your state. We need all the fodder we can get to put down those angry white male freeloading complainers.