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originally posted by: GokuVsSuperman0
Oddly enough, Senator Rand Paul's Kentucky is the most federally dependent state in America.
Red States receive a higher return on their federal income-tax contributions than Blue States.
The problem with both of those claims is that it doesn’t get to the heart of what “mooching” is. The problem with the first claim is that federal spending is made up mostly of defense expenditures at both the federal level and the state level. Defense is not welfare. Actual welfare and poverty programs only amount to about 10% of the expenditures at the federal level. Now if a state received only funds for poverty programs, then you could claim that it is a welfare state. But unfortunately for their argument, this is not this case. PBS states, “In all but a handful of states, Department of Defense dollars account for by far the majority of federal dollars.” (Other big ticket items that round out the list for state money from the federal government include farm subsidies, retirement programs and infrastructure projects) It’s simply a function of flowing from the states without large defense operations and retired people to the states with them. If a less populated state has a large military base with a legion of personnel conducting operations should we be surprised that there might be an imbalance of funds? No, because it is a government organization that is not producing goods, but is consuming ammo, gas, food, electricity, salaries etc.. Also, most states don’t tax military paychecks, which would somewhat offset the federal expenditure, so overall there is going to be a net draw of funds. But more to the point, national defense is a common good that benefits the whole country, so it can hardly be classified as mooching.
originally posted by: GokuVsSuperman0
a reply to: Snarl
Hmm,63% of the people in Kentucky voted for Trump. How is it not a red state?
WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states
originally posted by: GokuVsSuperman0
a reply to: Snarl
Hmm,63% of the people in Kentucky voted for Trump. How is it not a red state?
originally posted by: GeauxHomeYoureDrunk
"Looterville" (Louisville) ... Also from my own personal work experience has more people on public assistance than I've ever seen anywhere I've ever lived before.