Welfare States

[samplegirl]

Welfare States


The Fourth Branch recently posted two interesting maps. This one shows, in red, the states that get more than $1.00 back for every dollar they send to the federal government.







This one should look familiar:





Perhaps Wolf Blitzer could project the first map on one of the Situation Room screens the next time some Southern Republican is bloviating about federal handouts.



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[DCKit]

1. Great point samplegirl.

And it's pictures, too. How appropriate.

[Abq_Sarah]

2. States

With a low population but a high percentage of federal lands, military bases, national labs, etc.. will naturally "take in" more than they send to Washington.