Seriously, the most irritating thing about listening to red state white trash whining about California and New York is that their shithole states would collapse in a week without blue state support. Fuckin' welfare queens....
Lol but for real. It’s amusing until the reality of how many Americans died that winter, in a first world country, when any neighboring state would have done more for them. So yeah, Texas can float itself economically - but it’ll eventually kill everyone doing so.
It’s why I wish we could split into two countries. Let all the ignorant idiots live in states that help no one and control everyone and let the rest of us have a democracy that cares for its people above all else. I know, I know, it’s utterly unrealistic. But a girl can dream.
California pays about $500B in federal taxes and only receives $170B in federal funding, which means we’re essentially donating $330B annually to prop up dozens of failing red state economies. That amounts to nearly 10x the entire state budget deficit per year. So California’s economy actually generates a massive surplus, which is how your state gets financial assistance.
Having a " surplus" is no great brag if your state goes out of its way to avoid funding schools, mental health care, feeding children, etc. Unless you are at least a millionaire, you are just another worker bee buying into the idea that honoring a social contract is somehow enabling laziness. The 10 commandments are a social contract and Jesus said something about " what you've done to the least of these, you've done to me" but there's no love like conservative Christian hate.
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u/Spider95818 Aug 28 '24
Seriously, the most irritating thing about listening to red state white trash whining about California and New York is that their shithole states would collapse in a week without blue state support. Fuckin' welfare queens....