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Showing Original Post only (View all)I am so tired of living in a state that contributes a lot of Federal dollars [View all]
A state with 35 million people, a state consistently held hostage by states with a 16th of our population. States that have a negative contribution to the federal government. This country is NOT theirs. It is ours, I am really friggin tired of the lowest common denominator calling the shots that are dismantling democracy and celebrating stupidity. /rant
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onecaliberal
Dec 2019
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Their country is one who defers to russia over American intel, one who locks brown children
onecaliberal
Dec 2019
#3
yeah, tempting fix. like- allocate a 3rd senator to the 10 most populace states.
mopinko
Dec 2019
#34
I think one could say you reap what you sow. If you are a state such as Alabama and your state
juxtaposed
Dec 2019
#5
Yup. Let them live in the America they profess to love and see how they like it.
Pepsidog
Dec 2019
#17
When those states decry the poor for not pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, yes!
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2019
#20
There was quote from U. S. Grant in the book A Warning. I gave the book to someone
doc03
Dec 2019
#8
I want equal representation. No state should have more representation than another.
onecaliberal
Dec 2019
#23
Yes I know there are Dems in these states. I guess there were anti-Nazis in Germany as well but I
Pepsidog
Dec 2019
#25
The heavily populated states need more house seats...flush electoral college.
Karadeniz
Dec 2019
#21