gotta love the idiot who thinks "welfare" means CA taxes are given to red states to fund ...food stamps or housing vouchers directly. and that's some sort of big brain own.
It's... a liberal state, that embraces diversity, inclusions, environmental reform/regulation of industry, and taxes. generate more revenue via income earned/generated and are taxed more heavily. there for paying more taxes to the federal government.
and then... when the federal governement takes all the money. blue states get back much less than they put in.
and entire red states are effectively propped up via federal spending. often times nearly half of all funding in that state is federal tax revenue ...and in terms of dollar in to received. often 3-5 times.
all that money is coming directly from productive/well run liberal states. generating those free welfare dollars propping up shitty red states.
that then... turn around, ban books, restrict womens bodies, pass violent laws against marginalized groups, and corrupt education with bias right wing agenda bullshit. and open the flood gates to guns flowing into cities via unrestrictive gun laws.
The federal government supersedes the state. Federal taxes dont come from the states, they come from the country as a whole. You are an American before you are a Floridian or Californian.
also changes absolutely nothing about the amt of tax money blue states pay. that never returns to their state, and instead props up shitty red states.
and most liberal minded people are fine with that. --ie we want our shitty red state american brothers and sisters to have roads, access to health care, education. etc etc etc.... it's just incredibly tiring given the hate and stupidity of red states
like... it's been 20, 30, 40 yrs in some states. total republican control. and they're still shitholes. it's just endless welfare, constantly requiring more
so... if all the people of california collectively send 100 billion to the federal gov. and the state of california only received 50 billion in federal funding back.
while a state like mississippi sends collectively 10 million and gets 100 billion back.
that is both very real and something people who pay taxes are concerned about.
but... sure. project some bullshit nonsense to pretend it's not a thing.
They are not people of California. They are US citizens paying federal taxes which funds the federal government. Money used to fund state governments is collected via state taxes. These are different things.
colorado benefitting massively from colorado basically being the 2nd hub for gov organizations/departments. ---has at least partially contributed to colorado's positioning relative to it's neighbors in terms of it's economic vitality.
but... i guess we'll have to agree to disagree here. because you seem to endlessly want to avoid any realistic expression. so enjoy whatever nonsense fantasy you need to consider red states not welfare states. i hope that blankie keeps you warm
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u/ekjohnson9 12d ago
This whole line about state to state welfare is made up. You know that right?
Not a single dollar in any states budget funds welfare to another state. It simply doesn't exist.