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   From: romneysrhinoblaster@delecto.com   
      
   Red states are cheaper to live in than blue states because like hotels,   
   shitholes cost less than habitable ones.   
      
      
      
       The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has   
       exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in   
       every year from 2000 to 2020. Over this 21-year span, this Red State   
       murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red   
       state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state   
       murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020. Altogether, the   
       per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State   
       murder rate when all 21 years were combined. If Blue State murder   
       rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states   
       would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.   
       Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed,   
       overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than   
       Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18   
       of the 21 years observed.   
      
   The GOP’s Welfare States Problem: How Red America Drains Blue America   
      
   by Richard Gosk | Sep 17, 2025 | Economy   
      
      
   California’s economy is larger than the United Kingdom’s. New York sits at   
   the center of global finance. Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, and other   
   blue states collectively represent over 60% of America’s GDP. In short,   
   the engine that powers the United States economy is overwhelmingly powered   
   by blue states.   
      
   And yet, the states most dependent on federal welfare, subsidies, and tax   
   redistribution are overwhelmingly Republican. These states drain resources   
   from the federal government while exerting disproportionate political   
   influence over how it operates.   
      
   Top Three Takeaways from the Article:   
      
   Republican-led states are net takers – relying heavily on federal dollars   
   to run their states that come mostly from blue state taxpayers.   
      
   Political representation is skewed – giving resource-draining red states   
   disproportionate power over national policy.   
      
   Blue states could push back – through interstate coordination, selective   
   compliance, or even secession threats, forcing a reckoning over who truly   
   sustains America.   
      
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