Subject: Re: What sticks in my gullet
You do realize that the Blue states support the Red states by a landslide (in terms of taxes/benefits). Without that, the red states (especially in the South) would be hell-holes.

Red states receive more fed monies than blue states compared to what they pay-in. That's been true for a long time.

Blue state virtue signalers are the one talking about 'paying their fair share'.

I've put my money where my mouth is...and I support the SALT caps! Why don't more board liberals? (This insistence on repealing the cap is what gives the game away).

https://www.moneygeek.com/livi...

MoneyGeek analysis shows that states with higher per capita GDP are less dependent on the federal government.

"Higher-income states produce the majority of the tax dollars that go into the federal government's pocket," states Kathy Fallon, a human services practice area director at Public Consulting Group. Because of the higher income, states and their residents need less support and use fewer federal dollars.

Fallon noted that tax code changes have made wealthy states' contributions more pronounced.

"Before, people who paid large state income taxes would deduct those from their federal tax payments," she says. Now, state tax deductions are capped. "Ironically, it means the wealthier states' populations are paying even more."

As with most things, this discussion is nuanced. libs like to crow and point out blue states have higher GDP than red ones but that ignores some things:

1. Red states in the interior are highly agricultural or sparsely populated, often due to terrain.
2. Some blue states derive income owing to their history and geography...not due to liberalism.

Tell me.

Was it famous progressives who founded the NYSE? Or struck gold in California?
Did liberalism build the port of Long Beach and place it on the US west coast?