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Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:40 pm to cajunangelle
Connecticut is the true #1 mooch. Completely dependent on corporate welfare. Plenty of insurance companies (individual mandate) and Wall Street and megabank fat cats.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:42 pm to Superior Pariah
I didn't say Welfare was bad. Can you link to where you think I did or are you just making assumptions?
I think welfare is great if it is used to help people out on a temporary basis. It's the abusers of the system that I have an issue with.
So if a "republican-controlled" state done away with it, they would be punishing those that legitimately need it to dig out of a temporary shortfall. I disagree with punishing those people because of the people that abuse it.
Ending the abuse of the system is something that does need to happen, though.
I think welfare is great if it is used to help people out on a temporary basis. It's the abusers of the system that I have an issue with.
So if a "republican-controlled" state done away with it, they would be punishing those that legitimately need it to dig out of a temporary shortfall. I disagree with punishing those people because of the people that abuse it.
Ending the abuse of the system is something that does need to happen, though.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:42 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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That's a weird graph. That South Dakota and Montana are so high and North Dakota and Kansas are so low makes me think that there is something going on with the numbers that is not obvious to a first glance. Ditto the difference between Washington and Oregon and Georgia and South Carolina.
Read the Notes: included with the graph. I can't speak for the other states but they are excluding a lot of revenue that is germane to Georgia. Bottom line: the combination of state economy and/or indigent population explains the situation.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:43 pm to cajunangelle
they got those calculations by dividing the intergovernmental revenue (which includes Medicaid, but excludes Medicare & Social Security) by the
general revenue with includes all tax revenue except taxes on utilities and liquor
If you would include the taxes people in Louisiana spend on running their A/C and drinking I wonder how far they fall?
general revenue with includes all tax revenue except taxes on utilities and liquor
If you would include the taxes people in Louisiana spend on running their A/C and drinking I wonder how far they fall?
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:47 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Ditto the difference between Washington and Oregon
Oregon doesn't have a sales tax. Probably get a lot of people coming in from Cali and Washington to shop, and they get no revenue from it so they need funds from DC.
It means more retail jobs but retail jobs suck.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:47 pm to cajunangelle
Virginia's number is skewed. The entire east coast of the state is funded by the Fed through salaries. Look up the number of GS/Contractors incomes that reside in the state. Then the state taxes the hell out of it's citizenry.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:48 pm to EKG
I think Texas stepped up on their own because the federal government wasn't doing enough on their own.
It's really the federal government's job and only the federal government's job.
It's really the federal government's job and only the federal government's job.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 1:58 pm to PrimeTime Money
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I think Texas stepped up on their own because the federal government wasn't doing enough on their own.
It's really the federal government's job and only the federal government's job.
Absolutely it's fedgov's responsibility. But they don't take care of it as they should, bc they know that ultimately, Texas will.
Remember the letter re: border security funding that Gov. Perry handed Obama on the tarmac at the Austin airport? Obama wouldn't visit the border, but asked for a $3.7 billion border fix.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 2:14 pm to gthog61
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Hmmmm, I wonder where they rank on the percentage black population list.
There's a map for that
This post was edited on 5/21/17 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 5/21/17 at 2:18 pm to cajunangelle
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1- Mississippi
2- Louisiana
3- Tennessee
Big 3!
Posted on 5/21/17 at 2:27 pm to corneredbeast
Pretty amazing how well the 2 maps coincide. 
Posted on 5/21/17 at 2:43 pm to EKG
Indians
Posted on 5/21/17 at 3:24 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Ditto the difference between Washington and Oregon
As far as Washington and Oregon, I do know that the Seattle metro is a much stronger economic engine than Portland. Seattle has Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, Costco and two top ten container ports. Not that familiar with Portland, so if I'm off base someone correct me.
Business Insider ranks Oregon as the number 13 "best" economy in the US and Washington #1.
LINK
This post was edited on 5/21/17 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 5/21/17 at 3:32 pm to gthog61
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Hmmmm, I wonder where they rank on the percentage black population list.
And Montana & Maine...who's fault there?
Posted on 5/21/17 at 3:35 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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How can arizona be number 11, but nevada number 47, despite the states being nearly identical in almost every factor?
Seriously?
Posted on 5/21/17 at 3:39 pm to corneredbeast
CA and NV hit the minority trifecta yet are low on the government teat list?
Posted on 5/21/17 at 3:40 pm to GurleyGirl
It's really shocking when you realize that not even 200 years ago nearly every black in the country was employed. Now, over half are on some kind of welfare. There has to be a way to increase black involvement in the workforce allowing them to be more productive members of society.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 3:41 pm to cajunangelle
States aren't mooches
Posted on 5/21/17 at 4:04 pm to stout
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welfare
Welfare is not limited to food stamps.
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