XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc   
   From: Ken@invalid.com   
      
   Pierre Delecto wrote:   
   > Red states are cheaper to live in than blue states because like hotels,   
   > shitholes cost less than habitable ones.   
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   >      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   
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   >   
   > 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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   I assume that you are living in a blue state?  If true, you made a good   
   case for staying where you are.  Please stay there.   
      
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