“That is to say, states like NY, CA and CT will no longer be supporting states like Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi.
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So, you bought into that liberal propaganda. Dummy. Those numbers included military and federal purchasing and spending. Colorado, a State that receives only 87 cents for every dollar sent to Washington was on that list as being a welfare State simply because we are also a major military complex. Liberals like to lie and you bought it.
The military spending is a political issue and — sadly — in some instances a form of welfare for local communities.
Federal Dollars are Federal Dollars. The fact that you might like military spending does not change the fact that certain States get more from the Feds than they put in, and those States tend to be "red." (though, it's more of a function of poverty levels, rather than ideology- the poorest States tend to get the most in Federal social spending transfer payments, and the poorests States also tend to be red).