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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
The comforting attachment to small government of red state residents doesn't keep them from taking in more federal dollars than they pay out, while the opposite is true of the blue states (as a general rule). In other words, the people who whine about big government and their crushing tax burdens are the same ones cashing the welfare and subsidy checks. Why is that?
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The answer is: "the United States Senate."
The secondary answer is a healthy dose of hypocrisy and self-interest which seems to be inherently human.
Blame the Founding Fathers from the several small colonies who insisted that representation must be by state, not just by population.
S_A_M
