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

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  • Passion
    Passion Member Posts: 4,622
    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.
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  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    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.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    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
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  • Passion
    Passion Member Posts: 4,622
    edited February 2015
    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.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,040 Founders Club
    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
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,040 Founders Club
    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.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    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.
    image
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  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325
    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.
    image
    Looks like Spokanistan to me.
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  • Passion
    Passion Member Posts: 4,622
    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.
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  • HoustonHusky
    HoustonHusky Member Posts: 6,021
    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...
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