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If At First You Don’t Secede

Trying the Ferraro Doctrine. Plus: Burying Arafat. Aging Specter. Devolving Darwin. And much more.
p> GOD BLESS TEXAS br> Re: Lawrence Henry’s Secession, Eh? : /p> p>Mr. Henry’s article hit the nail right on the head. I would add one very important fact to his article. Where would the blues get their energy to run their private jets and limos? I hear it also gets very cold in the New England states. br> — Blake Kersh br> New Mexico /p>

While some of the points made by Lawrence Henry are valid — especially regarding the breakdown of each county’s voting record — the one point he failed to hit upon is the massive subsidization of Red States by Blue States. Let’s consider the fact that for every dollar the Midwest and northeast pay in taxes those regions average a $0.90 return for a net loss of $0.10 whereas the South and West pull in an average of $1.08 for a net gain of $0.08 for ever dollar they pay in federal taxes. Where would the Red States and rural voters be without such things as massive farm aid, subsidization of irrigation, and even subsidization of their phone services?

p>Honestly, I think Ferraro might be right that the Blue States would be better off on their own. And to answer where would they get their food — they’d still get it from the red states, but it would be a whole lot cheaper without all that pork. br> — Devin Foley
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