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wind magic
I live in NY state. It is rural as hell. My town has one stop light and 9000 people. Cows way outnumber the people.
Yet contrary to what Sway alleges, we DO pay more in taxes to the Feds than we get in spite of all of the rural virtues you name. No, all those Amtrak subsidies dont change the calculation much. Unlike the drivers out west, when I go on an interstate highway I pay a toll to do it. They dont. Here in upstate NY we also pay more in STATE taxes than we get because NYC sucks money from upstate.
One way to take what I said was that all those Repubs out west should get less Federal funding because they contribute less taxes.
But another equally valid point of view is that they should just quit whining about federal spending. I dont necessarily grudge the expenditures going to, e.g. Idaho or Wyoming. I just get tired of the hypocrisy on Federal spending and taxes coming from people who are getting subsidized by ME. Either shut up or dont take all the money is my attitude - Take your pick.
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