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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Katelew who wrote (147519)10/20/2010 12:20:21 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (3) of 541841
 
>>So, I confess, I will be extremely ticked off if massive bailouts are given to the states you mention or to any other profligate state. It's not like these states' problems happened overnight. They were a long time in coming and easy to discern.<<

I will now point out that in 2005 (the last year for which I have numbers) Arkansas received about $1.41 in federal dollars for every tax dollar sent to Washington, whereas California got 78 cents. My state has been helping to support yours for many years.
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