LOL. He’s for federalism for everyone else, apparently.
I like shrimp and pork. He could serve up all he wants, I’d still vote for Hunter LOL
Shrimp or pork?....neither is KOSHER!....................
I know Texans don’t like to talk about it , but Texas is really big .
I know Texans don’t like to talk about it , but Texas is really big .
Prawn Paul
Given their proportional over-representation (especially in he Senate) i’s just a fact of political life that “red” states tend to be net gainers in Federal tax flows, and that on the average the more rural an area, the greater the advantage. So I think we can take it for granted that there will aways be a tension between political theory and political practice in this regard, irrespective of whether such areas are represented by Democrats or Republicans.
Let me state that I am not a Paulite. Now that that’s out of the way I have to question why so much time is spent here on FR denouncing Ron Paul if, as many say here, he doesn’t stand a chance anyway. I really don’t see the Republicans putting forward any candidates of sterling moral character or espousing a platform that’s not socialism lite except maybe Fred Thompson and I wonder about him.
So why all the effort to smear Ron Paul?
From the link below.
The Texas Transportation Department has lately warned of a budget crunch. Yet the highway-building agency raked in more federal funds than all but three other state agencies around the nation in the first three quarters of the 2006 fiscal year: $2.9 billion
Wait. What about Alaska and Sen Ted ‘Bridges’ Stevens? Does Alaska come up only when somebody is deflecting attention from his own money-sucking State?
'Nuff Said. ;)
Texas is, IIRC, the second largest state in population. Of course it's going to have a large share of federal dollars spent here.
It's also disingenuous not to separate things out a bit. Bridges to nowhere are quite different than the purchase of fighter planes (Lockheed Ft. Worth) or Helicopters(Bell). Texas also has the largest (population) military base, Ft. Hood. Salaries and contracts for services add up to a pretty penny. Texas has lots of other military bases and posts as well. In part due to the generally good flying weather and just because it's also geographically the largest of the 48 contiguous states, and historically low population density. (Ft. Hood takes up most of one county, and parts of others.)
Because of it's large population, it naturally gets a large chunk of the "transfer" payments as well, from social security to AFDC and lots in between.
The consistency, or any lack of it, between Mr. Paul’s positions is not in how much “federal benefits/grants/whatever” his district gets, but in whether or not he consistently votes for lower federal taxes and votes against reckless program excesses. He is not singularly responsible for the benefits that do accrue to his constituents for those excesses.
I do not know his voting record, and in that regard I do not know how he voted on appropriations bills or policy changes from which benefits to his constituents have accrued. If the authors know that, they did not say so.
I think it is very difficult for those politicians who oppose higher federal taxes to oppose their constituents receiving their proportionate share of federal programs paid for with the excess taxes imposed on their constituents. It is like saying: “Sorry, I could not keep your taxes down but don’t worry I made sure that none of that excess taken from you is coming back to you. I am you all applaud my principled stand.” It’s untenable.
The solution is 100% on the tax and social policy, pork policy side and needs an effort like the 1994-GOP congressional campaign - one to put the federal pot of gold myth to rest. Without such an effort, I don’t know what options a tax cutter like Paul can take, other than to oppose higher federal taxes as much as he can and support his constituents.
Not to defend Ron Paul (or any other representative) but that quote adequately describes the fraud being carried out by this "private watchdog group." Along with Medicare and Social security payments these are government operations which are not given to a state but to individuals or federal government agencies.
Some agency, probably this one, puts out a fraud like this every year and the MSM jumps right on it to misinform the people.
>>Texas has long viewed itself as a conservative bastion, but the Lone Star State ranked third in the nation between 2000 and last year in receipt of federal dollars, raking in aid and contracts worth more than $1.2 trillion.<<
For whatever reason, almost all the states that rank highest in (Federal dollars received - federal taxes paid) are red states. Texas being the home of Ron Paul is not isolated.