re: Dems represent the weaker, less able, dependent residue of a free and successful society

The biggest leeches of federal money are not states they are people. People who can't compete. Those people tend to be certain demographics. And certain people who don't have the skills educationally or intellectually to compete. As a percent of the population both these groups overlap. Many of these are home grown yet many of them are immigrants to America. Some looking to work, many looking for a handout and some looking to a career in criminal activities. Some are the elderly but the majority of those paid into a government operated fund so those funds are theirs.

You clearly are sticking your finger around your nose to attempt to scratch your arse.