It appears to me the Dems are pissed about the results of their own Robin-Hood domestic economic policies. Not to mention, farm subsidies and tornado/flood/disaster relief plays into the equation a lot. Not a lot of that going on in ME and MA, I bet.
As far as red vs. blue states goes, I would be interested to see crime rate statistics, charitable contribution statistics, etc. relative to red vs. blue.
I doubt that anything will dissuade socialists from giving up their Robin Hood ways but hopefully they will continue to be careless in the elitist assumptions they keep throwing out. The more Americans they anger, the less votes they will get in the future. Another reason for the difference in tax inputs and outputs is that the Federal government owns huge amounts of the land in the western States. It takes a lot of money to manage forests, wildlife, parks, monuments, waterways, etc. However, its the Blue States that want to keep it this way so, as my uncle used to say, they should go suck an egg.
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