More Evidence that George W. Bush is a Fraud
Andrew Sullivan points to a new study that shows just how much Bush and the states that support him love welfare.
BUSH’S CONSERVATISM: The emergence of debt-ridden, big-government conservatism is perhaps the real innovation of the first Bush term. I used to be surprised. But, of course, much of his base is socially conservative and fiscally liberal: the red states have been draining the resources of the blue states for a very long time. A new study reveals just how welfarist much of Middle America is.
The blue states pay more in taxes than they get back in federal aid, and the red states get more federal money than they pay in taxes.
Of course, the other side of this coin is the liberal ideology that supports government-forced redistribution of money. The Democrats don’t seem to understand that the welfare mentality can be turned against them.
If they kept their money in their own pockets, they could spend it on the things they believe in, rather than having others, like Bush with his love of corporate and agri-business welfare, spend it where he wants to.
If the blue states are giving more than they’re getting back, maybe it’s time to be less altruistic.
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