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Alabama "Tinybones" Flint wrote:
Mikey wrote:
On 2025-08-01, Biased Journalism <biased@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
http://apnews.com
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment
report
Shoot the messenger who brings bad news to the king.
Just like the Democrats are doing to this post. What gives?
The only difference is tha tRUMP is a shit for brains and a pederast.
Nobody who is a real Christian supports him, only vile pedophiles,
shiesters and crooks. Look at the blue state economies compared to the
paltry shit output of the red states. Lazy rightists are dragging this country into the pig stye because they fail to contribute to the
economy. Trump is a bloodsucker who is out to fuck you and all you do
is spread your cheeks.
The tRUMPERS will be slaughtered in the midterm bloodbath, trump will be successfully impeached, arrested, tried and hopefully given the death
penalty for his crimes. His businesses should be confiscated by the government in form of payment for damages, that includes all funds for
the libary.
"What Republicans Dont Want To Say: Blue States Are the Ones Bailing Out
Red States
5 minute read
House Republican Leadership Holds Weekly Press Conference
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference after the
House Republican Conference meeting at the U. S. Capitol Building on
February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. House Republican leadership members
spoke to reporters about U. S. President Donald Trump's actions in the
first few weeks of his second term and progress on House Republicans'
budget plan. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Ideas
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques
February 14, 2025 6:30 AM EST
Sonnenfeld, who has informally advised five U. S. presidents, is a
Lester Crown Professor of Leadership Practice and President of the Yale
Chief Executive Leadership Institute. Henriques is a senior fellow at
the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.
The red state denial of fiscal responsibility is manifest today as
misguided voices champion the economic virtues of red states. For
instance, President Donald Trump and the GOP have threatened to block
disaster relief for Californian wildfires, to obstruct the return of
federal relief for state and local tax payments, and to roll back the
massive industrial investments from Biden-era legislation. Now, as GOP
leaders in both chambers advance their budget proposals, Republicans are pursuing other politically punitive budget measures before the March 14
debt funding deadline.
However, blue states would do well to remember that it is they who are
picking up the bill for red states. Before Republicans start criticizing Democrats about their dependence on federal dollars, a quick review of
the facts may be warranted. For instance, while federal dollars to New
York represented 38% of its state budget in 2022, Texas received the
same proportion, and Florida received even more (40%). Similarly, much attention from the GOP is given to Medicaid funding in blue states such
as Illinois, but they conveniently ignore the fact that Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and West Virginia, among other red states, see a
greater share of the cost of their traditional Medicaid programs covered
by the federal government.
A recent Wall Street Journal editorial called blue states the wards of Washington by questionably only looking at federal spending to blue
states, ignoring the flow of federal funds to red states and oddly
forgetting to analyze the other half the national income statement,
matching expenses with revenuesthat is tax revenues collected.
We have compiled a first-of-its-kind comprehensive five-year assessment
of state-by-state inflows and outflows of federal funds and found the
balance of contributions and receipts is not even close, red states are
still propped up by blue states. After our researchers analyzed federal expenditures, including the Biden era infrastructure initiatives, Medicare/Medicaid, military spending, government contracts, standard
grants, etc. , against federal revenues across all 50 states, it is
clear that blue states are funding red states.
From 2018 to 2022, individuals and organizations from blue states
contributed nearly 60% of all federal tax receipts but only received 53%
of all federal contributions to states in the form of either direct
payments, grants, contracts, or wages. Meanwhile, red states were only responsible for 40% of federal tax receipts but received 47% of all
federal contributions to states. A 7% differential that in effect
equates to a more than $1 trillion transfer payment from blue states to
red states, amounting to $4,300 per capita, compared to the instance
where their respective fair shares were paid.
In dollar terms, while federal contributions to blue states amounted to
$11.6 trillion compared to $10.3 trillion across red statesor $71,500
and $67,000 per capita, respectivelyfederal receipts from blue states
amounted to $10.7 trillion compared to $7.3 trillion from red statesor
$58,500 and $45,000 per capita, respectively. Among the top 20 states
realizing the greatest net flow of funds, calculated as federal
contributions to states (inflows) less federal tax receipts from states (outflows), 14 were red states, while 13 of the bottom 20 states are
blue states. Headliners of the top 20 include West Virginia,
Mississippi, Kentucky, and Alabama. Leading the bottom 20 are states
such as California, Washington, Massachusetts, and New York, all
critical hubs of business, investment, and innovation.
Digging deeper into the component parts of federal contribution, red and
blue states received similar dollar amounts in direct payments on a
nominal ($6.9 trillion) and per capita ($42,900) basis, much of which
come in the form of payments from Social Security, Medicare, and public assistance programs, such as the earned income and child tax credits.
The red and blue states also receive similar amounts for military and non-military wages (excluding the U. S. Post Office, which is self-
funded) on a nominal ($650 billion) and per capita ($4,900) basis.
Another major geographic injustice favoring red states is the transfer
of military muscle south. Despite Department of Defense investments into
key military contractors in many blue states, such as Virginia,
Maryland, and Connecticut, red states, such as Florida, Georgia, and
North Carolina, have overwhelmingly benefited from military base
expansion and relocations because of the Base Realignment and Closure
(BRAC) process established by Congress.
Since the BRAC Commission first began their reviews in 1988, the
proportion of bases located in red-state-dominate regions (i. e. ,
Southeast, Southwest) increased by 6 percentage points compared to a
decrease of 7 percentage points in blue-state-dominate regions (i. e. , Northeast, Mid-Atlantic)
The negative economic impact of such shifts has cast a shadow over many
cities and regions for decades. For example, the closure of the
Philadelphia Naval Station resulted in an estimated loss of 35,000 jobs;
a +25% increase to regional unemployment; a $1.2B in loss of wage and
non-wage income; a $2.1B loss in gross regional product; and a loss of
$37M in state tax revenues
Finally, blue states did receive more in COVID-19 relief funds, but red
states have disproportionately benefited from Bidens signature
legislationIRA, CHIPS, IIJAby as much as fivefold.
It should be acknowledged that blue states do come out ahead on a few
fronts. For instance, blue states receive more funding from grants on a
nominal ($2.3 trillion in blue states vs. $1.7 trillion in red) and per
capita ($13,200 vs. 12,300) basis, much of which fund Medicaid; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; Child
Care and Development Block Grants. They also receive more financial
assistance for the construction, maintenance and operations of state
highways and ground transportation.
Plus, blue states receive more in federal contracts on a nominal ($1.6
trillion in blue states vs. $1.1 trillion in red) and per capita
($10,500 and $6,650) basis, the majority of which support the
procurement of critical materials, supplies, and equipment for the
Department of Defense; the medical and scientific research coordinated
by the Department of Health and Human Services; and the well-being and
health of Americas veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, these blue state advantages are overshadowed by the total
picture above.
As Congress prepares for the budget and debt debate showdown next month,
they must deal with the current facts and not historic fantasies."
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