I am sick of King County liberals living off welfare and government spending.
"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.
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It's time to give Spoktucky to Idaho.
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Have either of you 2 lived in a rural area or have you just been subjected to Seattle or DC metropolis areas?
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Clark county seahawk fans say hi.
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Take it to the NFL bored.haie said:Clark county seahawk fans say hi.
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The Stranger is your source?
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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.
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StrangerFS strikes again
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That kinda like when you sit in your hand and make it numb before you rub it out?RaceBannon said:The Stranger is your source?
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You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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Oh, sorry. Please feel free to produce statistics that contradict the numbers detailed in the article I linked.RaceBannon said:The Stranger is your source?
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Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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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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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.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.
Meanwhile, the enlightened people in rural/southern Virginia complain about state government spending and the commonwealth's new residents.
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whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooshPassion said:
Oh, sorry. Please feel free to produce statistics that contradict the numbers detailed in the article I linked.RaceBannon said:The Stranger is your source?
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Pretty sure they already do.doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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Looks like Spokanistan to me.GrundleStiltzkin said:doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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No, that's the problem. People in places like that DON'T know about life in the outside world. They just think they do.RaceBannon said:
Pretty sure they already do.doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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. -
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.
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I'm a man of the people. You're an elitistPassion said:
No, that's the problem. People in places like that DON'T know about life in the outside world. They just think they do.RaceBannon said:
Pretty sure they already do.doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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. -
What's with the labels, man?RaceBannon said:
I'm a man of the people. You're an elitistPassion said:
No, that's the problem. People in places like that DON'T know about life in the outside world. They just think they do.RaceBannon said:
Pretty sure they already do.doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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. -
I think the same could easily be said about your judgements of them and their worlds...Passion said:
No, that's the problem. People in places like that DON'T know about life in the outside world. They just think they do.
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It is to many.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
I don't have a problem with rural people. Many of Bill's family lives/lived in rural areas. People need to be aware of facts though before they spout off though.
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Going to Juarez on spring break is always special.RaceBannon said:
I'm a man of the people. You're an elitistPassion said:
No, that's the problem. People in places like that DON'T know about life in the outside world. They just think they do.RaceBannon said:
Pretty sure they already do.doogsinparadise said:
Spokane is desolate? Now that is news, better let them know.RaceBannon said:
You mean population centers pay more taxes than desolate areas? Not exactly breaking news.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.
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. -
So if you don't have a passport yet have the ability to produce the bread and wheat to produce much of the sandwich (or in your case, your gluten free, multigrain Cronut in DC) you stuff your face with, then you're simple, stupid, poor, or on the dole and of course you're from a red part of any state. God forbid your logic and numbers hold true in Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc because they are places that vote blue no matter what and are clear bastions of economic success. Funny but I bet you won't produce those numbers.
I grew up in rural small town Hicksville for 25 years and, believe me, when the shit hits the fan, you will need their contributions more than they will need yours. I've lived it myself and seen people live and survive in those places with little to no monetary possession. Many make it, some don't.
Since you've made it abundantly clear over the years that you live and work in the DC area and have alluded that you work in some aspect of government (that's pretty much all people who live in DC and ritzy northern VA), then who in the fuck supplements your paycheck? Is it taxpayers who only vote blue or could it be some of those lowlife people who lean red and who you stare down your nose at?
It's polarized partisan hacks like you who create the west side of WA vs the east side of WA or the northern part of VA where the more formally educated erudite and "cultured" fuckheads like yourself make no qualms about your superiority complex over those lowlifes living in south. These people you scorn for their political difference don't have something as trivial as a passport but I do know that many worry more about their next nutritious meal while you stress out over which Merlot or Cab or Chardonnay will compliment the filet mignon and seafood at your Friday night dinner party with your fellow like minded cultural elites.
The irony of it all is that you live in a state (VA?) or district (DC?) whose wealth and higher tax bracket exists almost solely because those constituents you supposedly serve (both reds and blues) bust their asses in their lower to middle class paying jobs and pay taxes so you can live comfortably on their toiling, non passport owning backs.
Cue the praying dog please so I can make a wish that partisan hacks like you (and from the other side as well) will die in a fucking fire. It's people like you and who share your attitudes and also your similar acting opponents who have ruined this country in countless ways. And you can thank me for the federal taxes I pay to keep people like you employed. -
It's pretty hard not to get something from the government when they are throwing out trillions of dollars a year to buy votes. That doesn't mean one can't be in favor or reigning in spending and lowering taxes.
I like good roads. I don't have an issue with gas taxes. I like the safety net. I don't have an issue with unemployment or welfare. I do have an issue with it as a way of life from generation to generation. Its destructive
I'm pretty sure the executives at Solyandra were against corporate welfare. Hypocrisy is a human condition but its no excuse to give to government control of every area of our lives.
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Classy poast.RaceBannon said:It's pretty hard not to get something from the government when they are throwing out trillions of dollars a year to buy votes. That doesn't mean one can't be in favor or reigning in spending and lowering taxes.
I like good roads. I don't have an issue with gas taxes. I like the safety net. I don't have an issue with unemployment or welfare. I do have an issue with it as a way of life from generation to generation. Its destructive
I'm pretty sure the executives at Solyandra were against corporate welfare. Hypocrisy is a human condition but its no excuse to give to government control of every area of our lives. -
GROW MY WHEAT, HILLBILLY!!1!loadsock said:So if you don't have a passport yet have the ability to produce the bread and wheat to produce much of the sandwich (or in your case, your gluten free, multigrain Cronut in DC) you stuff your face with, then you're simple, stupid, poor, or on the dole and of course you're from a red part of any state. God forbid your logic and numbers hold true in Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc because they are places that vote blue no matter what and are clear bastions of economic success. Funny but I bet you won't produce those numbers.
I grew up in rural small town Hicksville for 25 years and, believe me, when the shit hits the fan, you will need their contributions more than they will need yours. I've lived it myself and seen people live and survive in those places with little to no monetary possession. Many make it, some don't.
Since you've made it abundantly clear over the years that you live and work in the DC area and have alluded that you work in some aspect of government (that's pretty much all people who live in DC and ritzy northern VA), then who in the fuck supplements your paycheck? Is it taxpayers who only vote blue or could it be some of those lowlife people who lean red and who you stare down your nose at?
It's polarized partisan hacks like you who create the west side of WA vs the east side of WA or the northern part of VA where the more formally educated erudite and "cultured" fuckheads like yourself make no qualms about your superiority complex over those lowlifes living in south. These people you scorn for their political difference don't have something as trivial as a passport but I do know that many worry more about their next nutritious meal while you stress out over which Merlot or Cab or Chardonnay will compliment the filet mignon and seafood at your Friday night dinner party with your fellow like minded cultural elites.
The irony of it all is that you live in a state (VA?) or district (DC?) whose wealth and higher tax bracket exists almost solely because those constituents you supposedly serve (both reds and blues) bust their asses in their lower to middle class paying jobs and pay taxes so you can live comfortably on their toiling, non passport owning backs.
Cue the praying dog please so I can make a wish that partisan hacks like you (and from the other side as well) will die in a fucking fire. It's people like you and who share your attitudes and also your similar acting opponents who have ruined this country in countless ways. And you can thank me for the federal taxes I pay to keep people like you employed. -
Where the the "I just got hard" button? Awesome just isn't good enough.loadsock said:So if you don't have a passport yet have the ability to produce the bread and wheat to produce much of the sandwich (or in your case, your gluten free, multigrain Cronut in DC) you stuff your face with, then you're simple, stupid, poor, or on the dole and of course you're from a red part of any state. God forbid your logic and numbers hold true in Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc because they are places that vote blue no matter what and are clear bastions of economic success. Funny but I bet you won't produce those numbers.
I grew up in rural small town Hicksville for 25 years and, believe me, when the shit hits the fan, you will need their contributions more than they will need yours. I've lived it myself and seen people live and survive in those places with little to no monetary possession. Many make it, some don't.
Since you've made it abundantly clear over the years that you live and work in the DC area and have alluded that you work in some aspect of government (that's pretty much all people who live in DC and ritzy northern VA), then who in the fuck supplements your paycheck? Is it taxpayers who only vote blue or could it be some of those lowlife people who lean red and who you stare down your nose at?
It's polarized partisan hacks like you who create the west side of WA vs the east side of WA or the northern part of VA where the more formally educated erudite and "cultured" fuckheads like yourself make no qualms about your superiority complex over those lowlifes living in south. These people you scorn for their political difference don't have something as trivial as a passport but I do know that many worry more about their next nutritious meal while you stress out over which Merlot or Cab or Chardonnay will compliment the filet mignon and seafood at your Friday night dinner party with your fellow like minded cultural elites.
The irony of it all is that you live in a state (VA?) or district (DC?) whose wealth and higher tax bracket exists almost solely because those constituents you supposedly serve (both reds and blues) bust their asses in their lower to middle class paying jobs and pay taxes so you can live comfortably on their toiling, non passport owning backs.
Cue the praying dog please so I can make a wish that partisan hacks like you (and from the other side as well) will die in a fucking fire. It's people like you and who share your attitudes and also your similar acting opponents who have ruined this country in countless ways. And you can thank me for the federal taxes I pay to keep people like you employed.
