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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Texans seek insurance for their restored homes...
...will they remember that their elected officials believe that people who are healthy shouldn't subsidize insurance for people who are sick?
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When Texans seek insurance for their restored homes... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2017
OP
Blue states have always financed red, since slavery was abolished and the south had to finance
lindysalsagal
Sep 2017
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)1. Look at who they vote in
I'm not seeing that change anytime soon.
cbreezen
(694 posts)2. Oh, very nice analogy...
Same goes with FEMA money. Much of that federal assistance is funded by the commons (us) and I am more than happy to help.
Have you hugged a blue-stater today?
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)5. Blue states have always financed red, since slavery was abolished and the south had to finance
Labor. But the south believes it's getting ripped off by the North.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. This belongs in the "Humor" section. eom
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)4. If they take FEMA money doesn't that make them lazy moochers?
Takket
(21,635 posts)6. yup. roll up your sleeves and get a second job. my house didn't flood. why do i have to fix yours?