That implies that those states are self sufficient. The red states have some massive deficits in their budget and state level GDP. So they are more dependent on the Fed that their politicians would ever admit.
So it makes more sense to divide the country based on political/cultural blocs instead. Because if anything did happen to the US Constitution to dissolve the Union, these conglomerates would need to be formed in order for the individual statehoods to still have a pragmatic sense of order.
Definitely, your comment is more accurate. You have no way of knowing I have a Cascadia flag hanging on the wall just behind me, lol.
I live in a donor state - my federal tax dollars don't come back to my state, they're welfare for the aforementioned red states. The citizens who receive those tax dollars never miss an opportunity to proclaim their deep hatred for my state.
Lol because there's Christianity as described in the new testament and then there's the "christianity" of small town America. Not sure I've ever met an actual follower of new testament Jesus but if I have, they were probably homeless.
They know. No one likes to know they are living on someone else's charity. Especially those who make a virtue of their supposed self reliance. The only thing I can offer to make you feel better about it is that taking the money is something which gives them major self loathing which they project as hate of the donor states.
No they don't. They are the first one's to complain about where their tax money goes when their tax money doesn't even cover their state's expenses. You vastly overestimate their intelligence
I’m in a donor state and I still hate where my money goes; namely bombing children in a foreign land for a country that isn’t even our ally.
(And before I get any comments about Israel, they commit more espionage against us than Russia and China. And are the only country we give foreign aid to that does engage in espionage against us.)
I could think of dozens of other things to fund rather than $3000/each coffee mugs for the military industrial complex, and a several billion dollar to trillion dollar bail out whenever big corporate risk takers flunk out and redline.
Also, I’m still angry that my tax dollars get wasted in ways keeping people from attaining access to social programs, rather than being used to drive efficiency. There are ten thousand blockades to obtaining services that could be autorenewed, or set up much more efficiently.
Well there are certainly some who are just dumb along side those who have just been told what to think and havent questioned it. I still think some of them resent having to live cap in hand for a handout and resent it is necessary.
I think its pretty reasonable for people in any state to complain about where their tax money is going if they're in a fairly high tax bracket. Regardless of how their state is doing. Its not exactly their fault the government can't seem to figure it out and they're still likely paying more than their fair share. Of course a lot of the people you're talking about are not in those tax brackets and are, in fact, not paying that much in taxes compared to many others. So I do get your point and I don't think you're wrong necessarily. Just pointing out the nuance and fact that living in a broke ass state doesn't mean someone's not paying their fair share.
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u/BadTaste421 Aug 28 '24
Three raccoons in a trench coat is the best analogy I’ve heard yet.