[My Favorite Headache]

CNN is gonna have a field day with this

[OldFriend]

I think this is all wonderful news!!!!

[InvisibleChurch]

produced a seismic shift in federal spending, moving tens of billions of dollars from Democratic to GOP districts,

yeah, so?

[Judith Anne]

I have to agree--this is terrific news. Do I have a problem with this? No. Should Republicans apologize? HELL no. ;-D

[Free the USA]

AP Analysis: Billions in federal spending shifted to GOP districts after 1994 House takeover

[Dog Gone]

I've got an idea. Let's spend NONE in Democrat districts for awhile. It'll still be a generation before we catch up, and maybe longer if Robert Byrd doesn't croak soon.

[SEGUET]

Funny thing about omelets - turn them over and they brown on the other side

[KSCITYBOY]

The Headline should read - For years the Democrats made sure that the governments spending was in areas that voted for them. This monopoly of federal funds was broken up in 1994.

[austingirl]

I can't imagine that this amounts to a drop in the bucket compared to the trillions spent on welfare in the inner cities which are Demoncrap areas. Reality check, AP?

[Sloth]

I love the AP's title -- makes it sound like money-laundering or Enronesque fuzzy math.

[Sloth]

Myrthil, 38, of Brockton, Mass., is one of thousands of legal immigrants who don't qualify for food stamps because of changes Congress made in 1997. He can obtain food stamps only for his 3-month-old baby, who automatically became a U.S. citizen when she was born stateside. ``I have family, four brothers over here, a sister, when I need some food they can give me some food,'' he said.

Imagine that -- people choosing to provide for their own families, instead of forcing taxpayers to do it. What a novel idea.

[JamesWilson]

When Democrats last controlled the House and wrote the 1995 budget, the average Democratic district got $35 million more than the average GOP district. By 2001, average federal spending in Republican districts was $612 million more than in Democratic districts.

This is a great example of Media Bias. The figures are for the average Democrat distirct compared to all Republican distircts. The average Republican district advantage works out to less than $3 million. In other words, the Democrats abused the system more than 10 times as much as the Republicans - $35 to $3 million per district.

The numbers also fail to account for inflation. With inflation, the Democrats were far more abusive than the 10 to 1 ratio.

[AntiGuv]

So what?! Congresspeople always steer money to their districts. More GOP Congresspeople = more money in GOP districts... What's the news here?? Unless they figure out a way to do away with pork, this is par for the course. Anyhow, the GOP areas probably needed equalized funding after being deprived for so many years by the Dem congresses.

[RightWhale]

$612 million more in federal spending last year for congressional districts represented by Republicans than for those represented by Democrats

Washington sneezes bigger than this.

[eureka!]

Looks like the presstitutes don't care for the generic polls. ;^)

[My2Cents]

These are the areas that have the bulk of those who actually produce something for this nation. They should get the lion's share of revenues back from DC.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

CNN is gonna have a field day with this

Why of course dont you know there the most credible news source on the globe! [laughing so hard my stomach hurts ]

....../sarcasm kept on due to temporary insanity and lack of duct tape /

[xrp]

This sort of makes sense since, under the Republicans, the moneys are pretty much being returned to where they're being taken from, right?

[DrDavid]

So, the millions of dollars in Federal gifts David Bonior (D-Mich) got for St. Clair Shores is for a poor urban district?

Hmmm... I'm sure the voters in Macomb County would love to know they are part of a poor urban area...

[Redbob]

This is breaking news?

"In terms of services, for example, that translates into more business loans and farm subsidies, and fewer public housing grants and food stamps."

So the GOP shifted spending from the less-productive to the more-productive sectors.
That's to be applauded, not condemned.

[11th Earl of Mar]

This is good news and should cause every person in Michigan to vote for the GOP. We are tired of sending all of our dollars to support Detroit. Just let it die and be done with it.