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Originally posted by PirateCat:
Yeh but what about the corn dogs you gonna pass on that. Freaks shows are fun kinda like Walmart on a Sunday with all the blue hairs on scooters. I love circuses.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Paying taxes? Too damn bad! Government spending our tax dollars not in the way they want? Too damn bad! That's what you get when traditionalists become nonchalant about the social and political issues of our times...

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Originally posted by SignyM:
No, I don't like the bailout. I ALSO don't like the fact that we're spending more than half our budget on the military, which we have scattered across half the friggin' world! If you're going to protest something, how about adding THAT trillion-dollar boondoggle to your list?

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Originally posted by rue:
Apparently us 'libs' need to work and you 'cons' are sucking off the government largess.

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Meanwhile, the blue staters put more into the federal system than they get, while the red staters take more.

Man, I HOPE you guys go away - and take your red states with you. Please.

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The U.S. has the 2nd highest Corp. Tax rate in the world.

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There's simply far too much spending by this administration

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"States which with higher POPULATION put more in because they have more people."

And one would think they would get more BACK because they have more people.

Ya' think ?

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Originally posted by rue:
Why do you think that ?

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The Tax Foundation has released a fascinating report showing which states benefit from federal tax and spending policies, and which states foot the bill.

The report shows that of the 32 states (and the District of Columbia) that are "winners" -- receiving more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 76% are Red States that voted for George Bush in 2000. Indeed, 17 of the 20 (85%) states receiving the most federal spending per dollar of federal taxes paid are Red States. Here are the Top 10 states that feed at the federal trough:


States Receiving Most in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:

1. D.C. ($6.17)
2. North Dakota ($2.03)
3. New Mexico ($1.89)
4. Mississippi ($1.84)
5. Alaska ($1.82)
6. West Virginia ($1.74)
7. Montana ($1.64)
8. Alabama ($1.61)
9. South Dakota ($1.59)
10. Arkansas ($1.53)

In contrast, of the 16 states that are "losers" -- receiving less in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 69% are Blue States that voted for Al Gore in 2000. Indeed, 11 of the 14 (79%) of the states receiving the least federal spending per dollar of federal taxes paid are Blue States. Here are the Top 10 states that supply feed for the federal trough:

States Receiving Least in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:

1. New Jersey ($0.62)
2. Connecticut ($0.64)
3. New Hampshire ($0.68)
4. Nevada ($0.73)
5. Illinois ($0.77)
6. Minnesota ($0.77)
7. Colorado ($0.79)
8. Massachusetts ($0.79)
9. California ($0.81)
10. New York ($0.81)

Two states -- Florida and Oregon (coincidentally, the two closest states in the 2000 Presidential election) -- received $1.00 in federal spending for each $1.00 in federal taxes paid.

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