Red and Blue States

I found this on AlterNet / By Sara Robinson, “Last week, the New York Times published a widely discussed article updating an argument that progressive bloggers noticed a very long time ago. It's now well-understood that blue states generally export money to the federal government; and red states generally import it.”

In simple terms, this means that the people who condemn others for taking advantage of government largesse, are the ones who receive the most. For every dollar of taxes paid in, they receive between $1.24 and $1.49 in benefits.

I’ll bet that you won’t hear that story on Fox news.