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Politics : Fahrenheit 9/11: Michael Moore's Masterpiece
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To: JeffA who wrote (1049)6/29/2004 8:54:13 AM
From: Rock_nj  Read Replies (1) of 2772
 
Go look up the statistics. The biggest receivers of federal largese are states that consistently vote Republican. It's been that way for years. I know it sounds crazy, but the figures speak for themselves. Wealthy/democratic states like California, New Jersey, New York, Mass, Conn, pay into the federal coffers at much higher rates than poorer Republican states in the South. Yet, it is those poorer Republican states that receive more money back from the federal government.

I'm not trying to make political hay about it. It's not like I'm being critical of Republicans by pointing this out. It really demonstrates that our politics in both Democratic and Republican states are driven by considerations other than financial ones, things like social issues seem to motivate people to vote the way they vote.
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