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Originally posted by cheval de frise
I don't post here, but I saw this while checking out the post-election fallout and I'm compelled to respond. I grew up in a Southern "red" state. Down there, many people react to the term "cracker" the same way most good people react to terms like "kike," "spic," "wop," etc. It doesn't help your argument to use names like this. (It looks like most of the posters here are democratic-city, non-red-state types who don't appreciate what the word "cracker" actually means to people outside the cocktail-party circuit. I think Burger gently tried to make this point too.)



Hmmmmnn. Let me ask you a question. Historically, taking New York state as an example, are NYC (and Buffalo) net importers or exporters of tax dollars (putting aside 9/11 monies)? Isn't the rest of New York state essentially suburban/rural? I've lived here for 10 years, and this has repeatedly been a NY state-wide election issue - the rest of "upstate" NY, which tends to tilt more conservative, subsidizing New York City with their tax dollars. I don't know the precise stats but I'm curious. Does this actually hold true?

I'm wary of any broad-based argument that the coasts "produce" more than the middle of the country and are net exporters of tax revenue to red states. The anecdotal and partial economic data I've seen suggest that the real division is urban/ex-urban. Large, blue-leaning cities seem to be net IMPORTERS of state and national tax revenue (Detroit being one of the clearest examples, but there are many more).

Discuss.

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