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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
Paul Begala said as much the other night on CNN. He pointed out with glee that "there are only 5 red states left."
What he forgot to mention is that those red states all have balanced budgets, while most of the blue socialist states are all running huge budget deficits.
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Actually, the red states are the broke states. Their budgets are balanced because they mooch off the blue states. Take Alaska, they get $1.84 for every $1 they pay in federal taxes. California only gets back $0.78 for every $1 they put in. The red ones are the broke ones who can't survive on their own. You give the blue states the same dollar for dollar back, and they all thrive.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html