All of you who voted for the President, but whose states went to Kerry, need to hold your state representatives accountable to the voters in their areas when they go to the state legislatures. What right have the cities to sop up gazillions of dollars from the rural and suburban voters just because freeloaders live there? Make the urban dwellers do without if they can't afford medical care and education. No rural community ought to send more taxes to the state than they get back in benefits. It's time to fight back.
You are buying into a myth. Cities are the economic engines of the economy and don't "soak up" resources from other taxpayers they provide resources.
Federal revenues go from the high income states (mainly blue) like NY, Il, MI, PN, NJ, Conn, Mass etc TO lower income states (mainly red.) The same is true within states regarding state revenues.
You are planning to fight the wrong battle.