The Results Are In: Conservative States Prosper, While Liberal States Decline

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Wow! You mean the most liberal, highest taxed states give more than conservative, lower taxed states? Pure rocket science!

You need to work on your chart reading comprehention.

It specifies taxes given to the federal government vs money given to the states from the government. Federal taxes are the same rates among states. What it represents is that the states that have the most give the most while the states that have the least take more than what they can give.

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need. (guess who said that)

Pssst (socialism).

 

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So does this mean that you support Red States being the beneficiary of Blue States?

I think Kermit is pointing out the hypocricy of Republican run states who are against this whole "wealth redistribution" thing and that the gains in Republican states can atleast in part be laid at the feet of federal programs that they say they hate (and they say don't work like in the OP).

 

[katherine2001]

I think Kermit is pointing out the hypocricy of Republican run states who are against this whole "wealth redistribution" thing and that the gains in Republican states can atleast in part be laid at the feet of federal programs that they say they hate (and they say don't work like in the OP).

. Maybe those Conservatives living in states where they actually get more money from the Feds than they pay to the Feds will demand that their state give the money back to the states that they stole it from. I have a feeling though that they will defend this type of "wealth redistribution" since it is in their favor.

 

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. Maybe those Conservatives living in states where they actually get more money from the Feds than they pay to the Feds will demand that their state give the money back to the states that they stole it from. I have a feeling though that they will defend this type of "wealth redistribution" since it is in their favor.

We could atleast help the deficit by getting some of these states off the dole and makeing a contribution.

 

[Maynard Keenan]

One thing worth noting is that much of the "growth" isn't true growth but just taking from other states. Because the 50 states all set different policies, companies get to play states against each other for better tax benefits. You get a race to the bottom among states for who will accept the least taxes and give the most incentives. If demand exists among the people of the US, the supply will come somewhere. If low tax states are growing more than high tax, it isn't because low tax states magically produce business, it is because the companies are just choosing to locate there. If all the states set similar tax rates, you'd still have supply rising to meet demand, but overall you'd be collecting more tax revenue to reinvest into social infrastructure to support business growth.

 

[kermit]

One thing worth noting is that much of the "growth" isn't true growth but just taking from other states. Because the 50 states all set different policies, companies get to play states against each other for better tax benefits. You get a race to the bottom among states for who will accept the least taxes and give the most incentives. If demand exists among the people of the US, the supply will come somewhere. If low tax states are growing more than high tax, it isn't because low tax states magically produce business, it is because the companies are just choosing to locate there. If all the states set similar tax rates, you'd still have supply rising to meet demand, but overall you'd be collecting more tax revenue to reinvest into social infrastructure to support business growth.

Krugman had a good article on this a few months back. It was in response to the announcement that Texas accounted for half or all new jobs created. The right's argument is that Texas' policies are creating jobs. Krugman showed that Texas was merely stealing jobs from other states due to it's very low labor rates and that all 50 states adopting Texas' policies wasn't a recipe for growth.

Like I said before, right-wing fiscal policies work great as long as someone can for them. For years that someone else was people from the future (borrowing) but we've taken to much of their money and they can't afford to pay much more.

 

[SmellsLikeCurlyFries]

*reads article*

*article sources ALEC*

*closes article*

Yep. Thought so. You might as well have just sourced The American Thinker for all the accuracy you get.