I am sick of King County liberals living off welfare and government spending.

Passion

oops...never mind.

"Republican lawmakers make a similar accusation...that the state is serving as an engine of wealth redistribution. However, the money is not exactly moving in the direction most Eastern Washingtonians suspect."

"...if Washington is a welfare state, it is residents in these mostly rural, mostly Eastern, mostly Republican counties who are the biggest beneficiaries, while taxpayers here in the blue parts of the state are left footing the bill."

thestranger.com/seattle/welfare-state/Content?oid=6686284

#Morons.

doogsinparadise

It's time to give Spoktucky to Idaho.

loadsock

Have either of you 2 lived in a rural area or have you just been subjected to Seattle or DC metropolis areas?

haie

Clark county seahawk fans say hi.

HuskyInAZ

haie said:

Clark county seahawk fans say hi.

Take it to the NFL bored.

RaceBannon

The Stranger is your source?

Fire_Marshall_Bill

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

Rapeculturedawg

StrangerFS strikes again

2001400ex

RaceBannon said:

The Stranger is your source?

That kinda like when you sit in your hand and make it numb before you rub it out?

RaceBannon

No

RaceBannon

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.

Passion

RaceBannon said:

The Stranger is your source?

Oh, sorry. Please feel free to produce statistics that contradict the numbers detailed in the article I linked.

Thanks.

doogsinparadise

RaceBannon said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.

Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.

GrundleStiltzkin

One could also say that the Democratic state electorate, centered in King County, got what they voted for and magnanimously, and in accord with their ideals, subsidize those parts of the state.
If the point is to uncover hypocrisy in Republic precincts, one needs to show the voting records of reps from those districts.
#SurfaceLevelStuff #GottaDigDeeper

Passion

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

This is absolutely what has happened in Virginia. The Virginia suburbs outside of Washington, DC are turning the state politically Blue AND the strong economy and growing tech sector basically funds the rest of the state.

Meanwhile, the enlightened people in rural/southern Virginia complain about state government spending and the commonwealth's new residents.

Smart people.

RaceBannon

Passion said:

RaceBannon said:

The Stranger is your source?

Oh, sorry. Please feel free to produce statistics that contradict the numbers detailed in the article I linked.

Thanks.

whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

RaceBannon

doogsinparadise said:

RaceBannon said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.

Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.

Pretty sure they already do.

GrundleStiltzkin

doogsinparadise said:

RaceBannon said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.

Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.

ThomasFremont

GrundleStiltzkin said:

doogsinparadise said:

RaceBannon said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.

Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.

Looks like Spokanistan to me.

Passion

RaceBannon said:

doogsinparadise said:

RaceBannon said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

This is a nationwide trend (state by state, there are probably some exceptions before d2d finds one). I'm too lazy (actually I'm sort of busy too) to link it right now...facts are out there though.

You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.

Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.

Pretty sure they already do.

No, that's the problem. People in places like that DON'T know about life in the outside world. They just think they do.

Last year a friend sent me a map of the United States where each state received a color based on the number of passports per capita. The map wouldn't surprise you.

HoustonHusky

Stores/shopping is disproportionately located in populated regions (~45% of the General Fund income is sales tax)? Population demographics vary by county? Staggering insight there Passion...although I'm not shocked the Stranger is on your shortlist of information sources.

And I wonder why they picked the General Fund instead of the overall budget...