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The Confederacy of TakersDana Milbank
The Washington Post
President Obamas opponents have unwittingly come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. They want to secede from the union. If Obama were serious about being a good steward of the nations finances, hed let them.
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Red states receive, on average, far more from the federal government in expenditures than they pay in taxes. The balance is the opposite in blue states. The secession petitions, therefore, give the opportunity to create what would be, in a fiscal sense, a far more perfect union.
Among those states with large numbers of petitioners asking out: Louisiana (more than 28,000 signatures at midday Tuesday), which gets about $1.45 in federal largess for every $1 it pays in taxes; Alabama (more than 20,000 signatures), which takes $1.71 for every $1 it puts in; South Carolina (26,000), which takes $1.38 for its dollar; and Missouri (22,000), which takes $1.29 for its dollar.
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Depending on how aggressive a fiscal hawk he wishes to be, Obama could also try to offload onto the Confederacy of the Takers North and South Dakota and Montana ($1.73, $1.49 and $1.58 in benefits, respectively), but this would probably only work if Canada agreed to allow overflight rights for American aircraft to reach the West Coast states of Washington, Oregon and California (88 cents, 97 cents and 79 cents on their tax dollars, respectively).
It goes on, it gets better, read it all: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-the-confederacy-of-takers/2012/11/13/d8adc7ee-2dd4-11e2-beb2-4b4cf5087636_story.html?hpid=z2
The Roux Comes First
(1,300 posts)Time to trim about 30% of the amount doled out to the slackers and self-appointed would-be victims in Louisiana (though I'm sure we could find a way to make the cuts in big-farm and corporate subsidies and such rather than aid to the poor).
Ka-ching!
Alabama obviously should be getting along w/o 40% or so of the gravy train we have had them on.
Ka-ching!
And so forth.
Pretty soon we could be talking big bucks.
calimary
(81,451 posts)If it were us (as it was in 2000 AND 2004), they'd be sneering and barking at us to "get over it!" They might do well to consider taking their own advice.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)put forth a law stating no state can get more in federal funds than it pays in federal taxes. Point out how rapidly this would bring down the deficit. Watch as the Republicans scream bloody murder.
libertypirate
(2,677 posts)I read the source this dude is going to die sucking up to the a$$ of the nearest fraternal brotherhood of hidden horseshit. Dana when you die some kid is going to piss his initials on your grave stone and take a huge dump about 6 feet 8 inches above your head.
pipewrench
(194 posts)people are delusional.
SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)they see liberal blue states as being moochers