General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith Norquist in mind: save $256,381,931,608 annually, in Federal expenses in excess of taxes by
excising five states from the U.S.: Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. These states all receive far more in Federal expenditures than they contribute to taxes. I say cut the states that are costing us so many tax dollars!
Federal revenues/expenditures by State
States populations 2000 Census
using 2005 data on revenues and expenditures by state...
[font color="white"]...........................[/font] Total of Fed Revenues
[font color="white"]...........................[/font] less Expenditures
Alabama............... ($77,315,231,974)
Mississippi............. ($39,105,495,643)
Georgia................. ($31,879,068,749)
South Carolina....... ($37,444,851,109)
Tennessee............. ($70,637,284,133)
total[font color="white"]....................[/font] ($256,381,931,608)... $256 BILLION PER YEAR!
This has the additional benefit that the many people in these states who say they don't want the Federal government messin' in their affairs.... would get what they want. They're OUT of The COUNTRY! Hurrah for states rights!
Grover Norquist should love this idea. We'd be cutting programs that are net losers to the nation! We would be stopping expenditures that exceed the revenues from these welfare queen states.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)to the Federal Government as it receives (with an exclusion for disaster relief).
Actually I have suggested this on this board before and gotten ripped up because everyone thinks it will come out of services for the poor. It is a reasonable point but I think the law could be worded to target pork barrel spending (which is what I was posting about) and secure services for residents.
Recoverin_Republican
(218 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Don't roof-rack him, bro!
Egalitariat
(1,631 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)slackmaster
(60,567 posts)extreme of course.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_African-American_population
Grover Norquist should love this idea.
Perhaps he would.