Politics and Money

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I think your chart has more to do with race and IQ than anything, but that's another topic, and I don't want to tax the brains of the liberal crowd with shouts of "racism" and "hater" and "evil Christians." LOL

The reality is that the Red States are the PRODUCERS of most of the natural resources, while most Blue States are the office financial areas. In simplistic terms, the reason Red States receive more total Federal money is due to the tax and income base which is transferred to the Blue States.

Since the Federal government decides how much those Red States get to keep in the first place, and since they take more from the Red States, they have to give more back.

If you look at actual welfare spending by case load or per capita, the numbers show a different story than the liberal mind would like:

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_wel_cas_tot_rec_percap-caseloads-total-recipients-per-capita