Does "States' Rights" Mean Mississippi Loses the Federal Gravy?
Robert Reich, former secretary of labor, points out that if Rick Perry has his way with the federal budget, the blue states will no longer have to support the red states. Think about that. Mississippi receives $2.02 from the federal government for every dollar it pays to Washington in taxes. Louisiana gets $1.78, Alabama $1.66, and Oklahoma $1.36.
The large blue states, on the other hand, are actually supporting the red states: California gets back 78 cents for every dollar it pays to Washington, New York 79 cents, and Massachusetts 82 cents.
My own state, Mississippi, the biggest freeloader of all, seems to be one of the most eager to balance the budget with painful benefit cuts to the less-fortunate, and at the rate we are going down that path, we may just get what we think we want.
Go on and bite the hand!
But read this first:
Robert Reich: Rick Perry's Secret Plan to Save Blue States from the Red States
The large blue states, on the other hand, are actually supporting the red states: California gets back 78 cents for every dollar it pays to Washington, New York 79 cents, and Massachusetts 82 cents.
My own state, Mississippi, the biggest freeloader of all, seems to be one of the most eager to balance the budget with painful benefit cuts to the less-fortunate, and at the rate we are going down that path, we may just get what we think we want.
Go on and bite the hand!
But read this first:
Robert Reich: Rick Perry's Secret Plan to Save Blue States from the Red States
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