Quote Originally Posted by nynco View Post
the irony of your statement. All the worst welfare states in the union are red states. The old tired line you guys run is passed. That is not who we are, it is who you have become.
You are so full of shit.

Quote Originally Posted by nynco View Post
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/comme...oochers-the-47

"The Tax Foundation unequivocally states, "Nine of the ten states with the largest percentage of nonpayers are in the South and Southwest. In Mississippi, 45 percent of federal tax returns remit nothing or receive money with their federal tax returns; that is the highest percentage nationally. Georgia is next at 41 percent, followed by Arkansas at 41 percent, and Alabama, South Carolina,"

The tax base is in the high rent districts. Of course the financial centers take in more taxes than the deep south. Of course the poverty level there is lower and folks tend to be non-filers or get refunds.

Libs like to manufacture the numbers to work in their favor by touting Fed outlays compared to state input. That includes all programs - roads, bridges, military bases, etc. and overlooks the fact that many deep south "red" states have less educated populations making less money, thereby paying less into the system. The data is oft repeated on many, many Lib sites.

How about we talk about the takers, the moochers, the leeches of our hard earned tax dollars? 4.5M on welfare.

This shows a representative mix but the data is old. http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco...tal-recipients

This is more current data. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/...11-07-tanssp-0

Caseload data top takers:

#1 California
#2 New York
#3 Ohio
#4 Michigan
#5 Tennessee
#6 Pennsylvania
#7 Washington
#8 Texas
#9 Massachusetts
#10 Florida


This one includes food stamp recipients. Barring Texas, which has very low welfare takers, The big moochers are Blue states. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...are-table.html

Where's the largest population of assistance recipients?

#1 California
#2 New York
#3 Pennsylvania
#4 Michigan
#5 Ohio

How about Food stamps?

#1 Texas*
#2 California
#3 New York
#4 Florida
#5 Illinois
#6 Michigan
#7 Pennsylvania
#8 Ohio

* Texas has a low welfare handout. That tells me there are hard working people barely scraping by but needing assistance, but at least they are working and not sitting on their ass eating bon bons.

As a fair comparison, the top 10 states by income to the Fed:

1 California
2 New York
3 Texas
4 Florida
5 Illinois
6 New Jersey
7 Pennsylvania
8 Ohio
9 Minnesota
10 North Carolina


Just the facts man, just the facts. I get mine from published government or non-biased media reports.