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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:54 PM Jul 2013

Ok, Ok, I can't breathe bc I'm seething. My righty cousin (again) posted this on social media:

So yesterday I was debating briefly some politics. This time centered around my post from two days ago about the bad experience I had at the annual Heritage Fair. The argument was that the greedy business owners (which he also i think corolates to mean republicans shipped the jobs overseas) creating poverty in our hometown which is why we see what we see there now. I won't debate this too much out of respect, but what I wanted to tell him is, look at every democratic controlled state in the union and you will see how their greed, overtaxation and ridiculous enactment of law has driven the businesses away. The truth is pretty evident.
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The truth is pretty evident??? The truth is pretty evident???!!!!???? The truth is pretty evident that each and every red state takes more than they give. Please feel free to help me enlighten this man. I am going to bang my head against the wall for an hour.

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Ok, Ok, I can't breathe bc I'm seething. My righty cousin (again) posted this on social media: (Original Post) LaydeeBug Jul 2013 OP
Check this out: Red Wisconsin vs. Blue Minnesota. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #1
I. just. love. you. Thanks for this... LaydeeBug Jul 2013 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)
1. Check this out: Red Wisconsin vs. Blue Minnesota.
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 11:02 PM
Jul 2013

Similar demographics, but Minnesota, controlled by a Democratic legislature and governor, is kicking the ass of Wisconsin, controlled by Republicans, in all economic measures.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2013/04/minnesota_economy_better_than_wisconsin/

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