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Originally posted by JanusCole
Sadly, this idea has already been tried and it didn't work out as planned. The liberals were marooned in a region of the country commonly called the "blue states" where they went absolutely WILD with their crazy morals and taxes. And they ended up with lower divorce rates than the red states...
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/10/31/walking_the_walk_on_family_values/
Indeed, the bluest state, Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in America. The blue states also have higher average household incomes.
http://www.oregonherald.com/n/radicalruss/20041212_red-state-moral-values.html
And to add insult to injury, those terrible blues refuse to admit their failures and hide it by having 85 percent of the venture capitol and paying two thirds of the nation's tax revenues.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041109-122753-5113r.htm
This last number really irks me. Like most of you, I am in the top tax bracket. And it really annoys me when New England closes another military base (ruining the local economy) or cancels another program in order to keep subsidizing the never-ending mistakes and failures of the ungrateful whiners in the red states. I am a very big fan of lower taxation, self-reliance and personal responsibility. And so I believe every state should be revenue neutral. The red states have the audacity to take our money and then COMPLAIN ABOUT TAX RATES! Make every state pay its own way and the bluer states will see their taxes lowered, services improved, and even more economic, educational, and social/family successes on top of the disproportionate success we already enjoy.
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Trying to use the "blue state" term to account for all the achievements of those states is a lil dishonest no?
Do you really think it's because of Democrats that Mass has such a low divorce rate? Or maybe because of the high percentage of Catholics that don't allow/believe in divorce? Honesty my man honesty.
Also, what percentage of the venture catitalist inside your "blue states" are actually democrats? Ok thanks.