Doctor Steuss wrote:I wonder what the impact of succession would be to the population and economies of the Red States that take more in Federal funds than they give. Would there be exoduses to Blue States? Would the economies collapse without the "free money" they are leeching from other states? Or would there be no impact at all? Also, I wonder what would happen to the heavily federally subsidized agricultural industry of rural areas within the Red States. Would agriculture essentially collapse when faced with the competition of the subsidized agriculture industry of Blue States? Also, what would happen to natural disaster prone Red States?
Just some random musings.
Regarding the slight segue into the topic of taxes, some might find this interesting/enlightening (or at the very least, kind of fun… in a slapstick sort of way):
http://nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/taxday/
Many Red states have a net loss to the Federal Government. They pay in more than they get back. ( I know mine has for almost 100 yrs.) It would be interesting to see a chart on each states Federal income vs. Federal pay out.
Agriculture? Hell, large companies fly in (as in loading jet airplanes full to the gills with stuff!) flowers, fruits and veggies from all over the world today. It is a global economy. I don't know how you can do any of that! How do you get enough blue berries, or roses, into an airplane to pay for the freight??! If the Chileans, Brazilians, and Asians can do it, why can't we?
Catastrophic loss states are both red and blue. I live in a Cat Loss State. We have hundreds of insurance companies doing a brisk business. I am a little jaded on this issue. If you built your $500,000 home three feet above sea level on a barrier island and a hurricane wipes it out...You have my sympathy... If you re-build that house again on the exact same spot and get wiped out again... as far as I am concerned, you are on your own, buddy. Good luck with the insurance companies. If you re-built your home
4 feet below sea level in New Orleans... than only proves you are at the lower end of the gene pool and should not reproduce!
When I die, I want to go like Grandpa did. He died in his sleep..... Not screaming and hollering like all the passengers in his car.