Demicrats bidding on Alaska Purchase - Democratic Underground

shockingelk

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Wed Aug-04-04 01:33 PM
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Demicrats bidding on Alaska Purchase

We've all heard it - Democrats love the welfare state because it buys them votes. I looked into the numbers to see what sneaky shennanigans we might have up our sleeves and I've found something HUGE! We're trying to buy Alaska!

I had to run the numbers myself, but here are the 2001 Federal AFDC/TANF Benefit payments per capita for the top six states (+DC):

1. DC: $118
2. Hawaii: $106
3. California: $97
4. Rhode Island: $88
5. New York: $85
6. Alaska: $81

The good news for Republicans is that we're giving up on these states, including 2 "battleground" states:

36. Florida: $16
37. Illinois: $15
38. Wisconsin: $15

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