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Red versus Blue States: A Divide Worth Having
American Thinker ^
| 12/31/2013
| J. Robert Smith
Posted on 12/31/2013 8:14:54 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that jobs and businesses will gravitate to where costs are lower. That means states where there is right to work and where there are no or low state income taxes.
To: RoosterRedux
There are really only a small handful of “blue states”.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:21:31 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: RoosterRedux
As a native Texan, I would love to see a separate country made up of true patriots and believers. Now it begins. . .
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:24:33 AM PST
by
shankbear
(The tree of Liberty appears to be perishing because there are few patriots willing to refresh it.)
To: cripplecreek
There are really only a small handful of blue states.
California by itself is worth at least four or five average size states. Illinois is worth at least two or three. New York state is also good for several.
The sad part is that pre-Pete Wilson California was NOT blue. They could vote for Jerry Brown or Deukmajian (sp?). Illinos was RINO Republican as the suburbs offset Chicago. It was just as corrupt then, however.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:25:47 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(Five years, my brain hurts a lot.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Blue States have high debt, high taxes and corrupt Government that is run like the Mafia.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:30:09 AM PST
by
scooby321
To: RoosterRedux
Subdivide even more, IMO.
Most of Illinois would love to divide itself from Chicago, for example.
To: shankbear
If that country forms, I would guess they would have a huge economic boom as productive Americans move there and their much smaller proportion of parasites moves out. Those willing to work would have jobs, and the lower taxes would allow more parents who prefer raising their kids full time to choose to stay home and live on one income.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:30:59 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: RoosterRedux
Red is Communist/Fascist, it always has been and always will be. Time to stop going by the Orwellian color newspeak switcheroo.
To: shankbear
“Big fights loom if the left continues to try to ram its agendas down the throats of red state Americans “
Uh, I’ll believe it when I see it. I wish it were true, but despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth, it just keeps slipping further and further away every day.
To: scooby321
Blue States have high debt, high taxes and corrupt Government that is run like the Mafia.
That includes "blue" states that have RINO governors, who buy into the corruption (e.g. George Ryan, State Pen-IL; John Rowland-State Pen, CT).
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:37:36 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(Five years, my brain hurts a lot.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Thank you. I have been posting that on this forum forever.
We are true blue patriots, not commie red.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:39:16 AM PST
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution...)
To: cripplecreek
Yep, but they are large or densely populated. It ain’t the size, its the population.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:41:24 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: RoosterRedux
Urbanization goes hand-in-hand with the Blue-ward march of many localities. Until urbanization is reversed for practical reasons (increased crime, higher costs, greater hassles, etc.) the march of the Leftists will continue forward. The collapse of the cities should be encouraged.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:41:39 AM PST
by
BlueStateRightist
(Government is best which governs least.)
To: Pollster1
If that country forms, it would have militarily enforced borders.
Some people would be allowed in.
Others not.
Status in the previous political alignment largely irrelevant.
Thats kind of how you stop a repeat.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:47:27 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Dr. Pritchett
Uh, Ill believe it when I see it. I wish it were true, but despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth, it just keeps slipping further and further away every day.
Depends on where you look. Since shedding ourselves of Jenny Granholm Michigan has been moving steadily to the right. We have all 3 branches of state government. We passed our RTW law a year ago. The majority of our representatives in DC are republican with 3 or 4 of them being tea partiers. We even put tea party backed committeemen on the RNC. Now it looks increasingly likely that we will get a tea party backed senator next year.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:50:22 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: MrEdd
Some people would be allowed in. Others not. I'm guessing that advanced degrees in gender studies and published papers on critical race theory are not a guarantee of admittance.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:54:30 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: Dr. Pritchett
Agree with you. Most Americans, including many conservatives, won’t get off the couch or turn off the TV for even a few hours to participate in a Tea Party event much less engage in big fights against the Left. Lots of idle talk by the masses but little if any meaningful action by them is likely. Its too easy to just float down the river.
To: cripplecreek
There are really only a small handful of blue states. Unfortunately they comprise a large chunk of electoral votes, where Dems don't have to spend a nickle on national campaigns. Ca+Il+NY=107 EV. That's 40% of the winning number before things even begin.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:58:24 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
To: RoosterRedux
The 17th Amendment nationalized the government already and the government cannot be unnationalized without repeal of the 17th.
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posted on
12/31/2013 8:59:32 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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