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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:08 PM Jun 2014

Mississippi, dependent on federal largess, murders their cash cow today

Mississippi, dependent on federal largess, murders their cash cow today

Mississippi is one of those welfare states—states that receive more in federal money than it sends back to Washington in tax receipts. In fact, Mississippi ranks first in receiving federal largess.

The money comes in the form of farm subsidies, military spending, anti-poverty aid and retirement programs. As one of (if not THE) nation's poorest states, Mississippi is dependent on the feds for an astonishing 45.84 percent of revenues. Without the feds, Mississippi is a third-world country.

So what better way to improve their lot in life than to fire one of the guys bringing in that sweet, sweet federal dough? All that federal agricultural spending? Well, Sen. Thad Cochran is the ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee. All that military spending? Cochran is the ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. And yes, that also means he's on Appropriations, which itself is a direct tap into the federal Treasury.

So how is the state's dominant political party handling this situation? Rather than reward the guy who is keeping their state economically afloat, they're currently in the process of firing him and replacing him with an anti-spending nihilist eager to cut off his state's lifeline.

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Markos Moulitsas nailed this one in his latest diary at DailyKos

Make sure you click the link to read the paragraph on how the Koch Brothers are going to screw over the people who voted for the Koch backed guy.
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Mississippi, dependent on federal largess, murders their cash cow today (Original Post) MohRokTah Jun 2014 OP
A McDaniels win turns this seat from safe R to lean R. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #1
Yes, but it also means federal money won't be flowing to the state so easily. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #2
That'll be dumb-voting out Cochran to replace him with a teabagger. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #3
Ironic for a state with a history of anti-federal sentiment, alp227 Jun 2014 #4
 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
2. Yes, but it also means federal money won't be flowing to the state so easily.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:20 PM
Jun 2014

No matter who wins if Cochran loses, a senior Senator is unseated and thus all those owed favors leave the Senate with him.

Federal money is vastly important to Mississippi, and losing such a senior Senator means a minimum of a 10% drop in federal funds starting in October of 2015.

alp227

(31,943 posts)
4. Ironic for a state with a history of anti-federal sentiment,
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:22 PM
Jun 2014

from the Civil War to its politicians being on the wrong side of the Civil Rights Movement.

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