I've got the double barrel of an extreme pain level and spotty 'net right now, so I will try to keep this short and sweet:
After the fiscal cliff deal was passed in the house, GOP leadership stopped Hurricane Sandy relief from coming to the floor...as one of the democrats said in the house during the outrage that followed, this would not have happened if it was a red state...I have tried to not believe this, but this seems to be absolutely true...
Which is why I want to reiterate a statement I made a while back:
We need a cap on how much federal money a state can get compared to how much federal money a state puts out.
New York and New Jersey are among many of the (mostly blue) states thatfund the lifestyles of people in the South. The same states that send members to the House that oppose the so-called 'socialist' policies of 'tax and spend' liberals have been sucking on the teats of states like New York for years, while states like New York (which, by the way, is still mostly rural, with 1/5 of the land being hardwood forest) have a terribly hard time affording things like teaching our children actual science instead of creationism...which are promises we've made to our citizens.
Bad things happen. Hurricanes happen, earthquakes happen, acid clouds happen...because of this, it would not be fair for us to completely pull the social safety net out from under states like Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and the like, but it should disgust anyone who votes for 'fiscal conservatism' that states that send people to Washington DC who want to cut taxes seem okay with taking money from people who disagree with them. Therefore we should arbitrarily draw a line. My preferred line is this: No state should receive over $1.05 in federal dollars for every $1.00 they put into federal dollars, and no state should get less than $0.95 for every $1.00 they put in...I also think that unpredictable natural disasters should not be a part of this calculation at all. If a state cannot prepare for a disaster because it's never happened before (say they've never encountered a Category 2 hurricane before, or an F3 tornado) then we can't very well expect them to build houses to withstand such things, can we? Natural disasters should not even be a part of this calculation, honestly...but I think the constant mollycoddling of these states by the donor states is why they are so nasty about sharing the money THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE, ANYWAYS.
If you people in the red states want to not have marriage equality, fact-based education or other things found in civilized countries, you're welcome to do so (as long as you abide by the full faith and credit clause,) but I think asking the civilized states to fund your lifestyle choices is just terribly wrong...
Over one-hundred years of sucking at the teats of New York and her siblings has made these red states fat, lazy and stupid, and now they are just damned mean...If they feel they must stop federal dollars that are going to the people who paid into the damn fund (FOR A CHANGE!) then the last thing they should get is a shiny new Air Force Base on New York's dime, right?
So, to reiterate, here's the petition.
After the fiscal cliff deal was passed in the house, GOP leadership stopped Hurricane Sandy relief from coming to the floor...as one of the democrats said in the house during the outrage that followed, this would not have happened if it was a red state...I have tried to not believe this, but this seems to be absolutely true...
Which is why I want to reiterate a statement I made a while back:
We need a cap on how much federal money a state can get compared to how much federal money a state puts out.
New York and New Jersey are among many of the (mostly blue) states thatfund the lifestyles of people in the South. The same states that send members to the House that oppose the so-called 'socialist' policies of 'tax and spend' liberals have been sucking on the teats of states like New York for years, while states like New York (which, by the way, is still mostly rural, with 1/5 of the land being hardwood forest) have a terribly hard time affording things like teaching our children actual science instead of creationism...which are promises we've made to our citizens.
Bad things happen. Hurricanes happen, earthquakes happen, acid clouds happen...because of this, it would not be fair for us to completely pull the social safety net out from under states like Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and the like, but it should disgust anyone who votes for 'fiscal conservatism' that states that send people to Washington DC who want to cut taxes seem okay with taking money from people who disagree with them. Therefore we should arbitrarily draw a line. My preferred line is this: No state should receive over $1.05 in federal dollars for every $1.00 they put into federal dollars, and no state should get less than $0.95 for every $1.00 they put in...I also think that unpredictable natural disasters should not be a part of this calculation at all. If a state cannot prepare for a disaster because it's never happened before (say they've never encountered a Category 2 hurricane before, or an F3 tornado) then we can't very well expect them to build houses to withstand such things, can we? Natural disasters should not even be a part of this calculation, honestly...but I think the constant mollycoddling of these states by the donor states is why they are so nasty about sharing the money THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE, ANYWAYS.
If you people in the red states want to not have marriage equality, fact-based education or other things found in civilized countries, you're welcome to do so (as long as you abide by the full faith and credit clause,) but I think asking the civilized states to fund your lifestyle choices is just terribly wrong...
Over one-hundred years of sucking at the teats of New York and her siblings has made these red states fat, lazy and stupid, and now they are just damned mean...If they feel they must stop federal dollars that are going to the people who paid into the damn fund (FOR A CHANGE!) then the last thing they should get is a shiny new Air Force Base on New York's dime, right?
So, to reiterate, here's the petition.
