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To: Cogito who wrote (147595)	10/20/2010 5:07:53 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) of 541778

>>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.<< Great point. All the federally-supported infrastructure like highways, airports, military bases, and national parks should be ripped out of the low-population states and moved into the high-population states where it belongs! It's just so unfair that Alaska gets more Coast Guard funding than, say, South Dakota. Why should the entire country have to pay for rescuing the fishermen who catch their dinner? What about the large FAA presence in Alaska? Why can't those over-entitled pioneers pay the entire bill to support the 2nd-busiest cargo airport in the USA, where planes refuel on the route between Asa and the USA? Eilson AFB near Fairbanks has a huge unpopulated area for combat training. Let's move it to New Jersey! And don't even get me started on all the federal involvement to support and monitor Alaska oil production. Just shut off that pipeline already and switch to solar! Etc.

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