Posted on 01/09/2015 1:01:17 PM PST by TurboZamboni
THE new Congress that starts work this week is the latest reminder of America’s stark political divisions: The parties in Washington are more polarized than they have been in decades, the partisanship gap between rural Republicans and urban Democrats has grown, and the battle for suburban voters keeps intensifying. Much less is said, however, about the equally significant economic division between conservative “red states” and liberal “blue states.” Blue states, like California, New York and Illinois, whose economies turn on finance, trade and knowledge, are generally richer than red states. But red states, like Texas, Georgia and Utah, have done a better job over all of offering a higher standard of living relative to housing costs. That basic economic fact not only helps explain why the nation’s electoral map got so much redder in the November midterm elections, but also why America’s prosperity is in jeopardy.
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How are those union contracts working out in Chicago, Detroit, and across California, where taxpayers see higher taxation and lower service levels as pension obligations eat ever larger portions of government budgets?
It would be if the ignorant liberal fools from blue states stopped moving into more conservative states.
Its better where people aren’t dumb enough to buy into idiotic redstate bluestate BS.
Sadly they are replaced by folks even more liberal than those that departed...
I can say that Idaho is much better than California. Idaho has a balanced budget requirement, so the state doesn’t go hog wild on spending like in California.
Sure, the (Democrat, let’s be clear) mayor of Boise wants to build a choo-choo downtown, but that’s nothing compared to what Moonbeam is doing with the High-Speed Rail (turns money into nothing at high speed).
And trying to turn us into the cesspools they left.
“Its better where people aren’t dumb enough to buy into idiotic redstate bluestate BS.”
Responses to this sort of journalism, give it legitimacy.
My home, Orange County California is as big as about half the states.
I can see Long Beach-Los Angles Harbor from town. Largest seaport in the nation.
My neighbors are predominantly conservatives, proved by the legislators we return to office time after time.
Big city voters turn this state “blue” yet California probably has more conservatives than any other state.
There is nothing, nothing, nothing to be gained by disrespecting those citizen-voters. Yet it continues, for those gullible enough to get wound up by journalism.
If all of the “liberals” who are claimed to have moved elsewhere and spoiled things were true, they would be gone from here.
What conservatism needs is renewed skill, for selling it, convincing conversions, etc. Reagan did that, but few since.
But instead, conservatives fall for journalisms need to find controversy and division.
nyt = deceit, lies and propaganda
Amen!
Registered democrats should have to apply to move to Red states and present their last 6 years of voting records as part of the application process.
The larger blue districts tend to be sparsely populated.
Just another typical call for government to step in and intervene in order to make things “fair”.
At least Mr. Florida (how ironic) is honest by stating the above.
Liberals are like damnable locust. They strip clean their own garden and then move on to infest their neighbors. Somebody needs to invent a DDT for liberals.
My glasses just fogged up! Must be the cold weather!
Truth_seeker: Looking at Cripplecreek's map, I don't think it is. Maybe bigger than Rhode Island and Delaware.
Just about anywhere there is a larger city, there are liberals. The like to hang together in packs.
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