mike kohr
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Givers and Takers
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/30/opinion/30PINK.html

By DANIEL H. PINK
Published: January 30, 2004

..Using the Tax Foundation's analysis, it's possible to group the 50 states into two categories: Givers and Takers. Giver states get back less than a dollar in spending for every dollar they contribute to federal coffers. Taker states pocket more than a dollar for every tax
dollar they send to Washington...

78 percent of Mr. Bush's electoral votes came from Taker states.

76 percent of Mr. Gore's electoral votes came from Giver states.

Of the 33 Taker states, Mr. Bush carried 25.

Of the 16 Giver states, Mr. Gore carried 12...

Most people who vote Republican say they want less government and not to pay for the welfare of others. What's actually happening is that those of us who live in the states that tend to vote Democratic are subsidizing those who live in states that vote Republican.

Source: http://taxfoundation.org/taxingspending.html
Tax Foundation

How do they do it? By having more representation in the Senate than those of us who live in the Net Giver states. The fact that every state has two Senators, regardless of population, guarantees unequal representation for the states with smaller populations. And the fact
that the Electoral College is made up of one vote per U.S.
Representative and one vote per U.S. Senator skews the presidential vote in favor of small population states, as well.

You could say that the Net Taker states are suckers on the federal teat, but it's we in the Net Giver states who are the suckers.

Tired of the hypocrisy?

It's time for a new movement in America
NO TAXATION WITHOUT EQUAL REPRESENTATION!

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