GOP Welfare Queens - Democratic Underground

Erika

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Thu Nov-04-04 09:20 PM
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GOP Welfare Queens

The noted figures in the article are from the government census reports and shows the states who paid in more to the feds than they got back, and visa versa. On a red/blue map it is the same as the 2004 election map with the only exception being New Mexico!

See at www.nytimes.com/2004/01/30/opinion/30PINK.html.

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skooooo

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Thu Nov-04-04 09:21 PM
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1. Blue states - citizens and politicians ...

ought to start raising holy hell about this. Let the Red states wallow in their poverty.

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Wickerman

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Thu Nov-04-04 09:24 PM
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2. and, there might be a reason why New Mexico came up short

Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 09:25 PM by lunabush

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x21658

hmmm

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rusty charly

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Thu Nov-04-04 09:34 PM
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3. here's the map i found

and the colors don't correspond at all.

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/trends/htm/map514.htm

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Erika

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Thu Nov-04-04 09:39 PM
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4. The Map I Saw From the Tax Foundation is 2003

The only exception was New Mexico. It overlays the 2004 election map perfectly.

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Erika

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Thu Nov-04-04 09:42 PM
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5. We're talking about tax dollars given and taken away

We are talking for every $ paid to the feds, what the return is to the state. The blue states paid more while the red paid less than what was returned.

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