[Aceroassert]

Texas supports the rest of the states.

[ZXRamon]

Texas bought the short bus for Kuci to ride in.

[italertb]

aside from the crooks getting money strictly based on political power, federal money to the states depends on a variety of factors, foremost being the amount of federal land within the states and federal institutions/facilities/parks etc (Indian reservations). Alaska and New Mexico are 2 and 3 while Virginia is home to much of the Washington elite and W Virginia is home to Robert Byrd (Alaska is home to Ted Stevens).

[crestosssa]

There's no formal transfer of payments in the UK but basically the wealth of London and the South-East pay for the rest of the country.

[Knillagrarp]

Originally posted by Winston
Why do you have to immediately bring the red / blue state distinction into it, without it being asked? I don't see the relevance as to the OP at all.

Besides, you present it like all Liberals pay to all Conservatives in the states involved, when in reality it's more like 55% Liberals and 45% Conservatives in some states paying to the reverse constellation in others. And some states going against that trend, while still others break about even.

Foaming-at-the-mouth partisanship is a beautiful thing, but only when and if it's warranted and ever so slightly relevant to the issue at hand.

There's sarcasm in that last paragraph somewhere. I just know it. My sense here is that Kuci was getting a dig in at Sloww, who was...well, let's just say "misinformed." Me, i was just backing up Kuci.

In the American context, though, the red/blue distinction is always worth bringing up because only because the states that vote for conservative candidates, who tend to rail against "tax-and-spend liberals," are actually the states that benefit most from tax-and-spend policies.

But, yeah, it's got bugger-all to do with the OP.

[spineeupsenry]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


And Texas? A return of exactly 1. Texas doesn't give squat to anybody, but at least it supports itself. What do you want, bright eyes?

[PrettyFifa12]

...........not to mention the nation's primary naval construction facility. Likewise isn't Alabama the home of NASA's main construction facility? Carriers, submarines and space shuttles ain't cheap. The second largest being in Mississippi (the third, fourth and fifth being in Maine, Texas, and Connecticut respectively. In fact, the vast majority of the countries military infrastructure and forces are in "red" states.

The majority of Federal land grant colleges are located in the South and Mid/Non coastal West as well.

[RG3rGWcA]

Originally posted by Winston
Why do you have to immediately bring the red / blue state distinction into it, without it being asked? Urban areas tend to generate more wealth than rural areas.
Most urban areas are blue. Most rural areas are red.

[makemoneyonli]

[10traistintarry]

[bQXHsKzS]

and covered in cow crap

[SQiTmhuY]

MmmmMMmmmMmmm. Oreos.

[xpllmr]

Rich states supporting others, isn't that close to communism?

[Adwetyren]

Well, you see, there was this thing called the Civil War...

-Arrian

[VitaliyMurnov]

Basically. That and precedent. Let Texas go and you gotta let South Carolina go.

Hmm...

-Arrian

[GetsTan]

You either missed the point of my "hmm" or you wanted to really slam that one home.

-Arrian

[CIAFreeAgent]

We wouldn't have to give our money to all those poor righties anymore... Can we take all the government property you blue states plopped on our wide open spaces with us

[leijggigf]

You can keep the bases. We want the weapons back, though, so that when you run out of money you don't get uppity.

-Arrian

[ppfpooghn]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

Either you edited the "hmm" in or I'm blind I'm afraid you need to see the eye doctor.

-Arrian

[Arratherimi]

You can keep the bases. We want the weapons back, though, so that when you run out of money you don't get uppity. Us get uppity? What, with all the money we will make selling resources to you?