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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 26, 2017 at 12:00 am
So, Republicans are constitutionally incapable of actually walking the walk on their talk of "Fiscal responsibility" and the "tax and spend liberals" actually do better in that area. So, what else is new?
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 26, 2017 at 1:27 pm
Here you go. Now you can determine for yourself. (Note California.)
https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 26, 2017 at 1:32 pm
(February 26, 2017 at 1:27 pm)Lek Wrote: Here you go. Now you can determine for yourself. (Note California.)
https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
Interesting, waiting.
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 27, 2017 at 1:20 pm
What happened to the blue band wagon?
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 27, 2017 at 2:26 pm
It doesn't matter if you lean red, blue or purple with pink polka stripes. Pretty much everybody is subject to conformation bias at some level.
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 28, 2017 at 5:02 am
(February 26, 2017 at 1:27 pm)Lek Wrote: Here you go. Now you can determine for yourself. (Note California.)
https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
Well, considering that the figures are highly influenced by the right wing lie that pensions are a drain on the coffers (which only happens if funding in is cut) I'm not too confident of their methodology.
But frankly the Mercatus Centre's methodology is going to be shit no matter what. They're Chicago/Austrian School, and all their research will work to the free market conclusion anyway.
I'll read the full doc later to see where else they've holes in their thinking.
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Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 28, 2017 at 8:05 am
(February 26, 2017 at 1:27 pm)Lek Wrote: Here you go. Now you can determine for yourself. (Note California.)
https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
I figured that the OP was fake news.
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 28, 2017 at 8:47 am
This doesn't surprise me at all.
Republicans talk a big game about government spending. They spent the past 8 years saying they couldn't afford anything, especially Obamacare. Yet, once they get into power, the first thing they do is piss money away on a wall. I wish that was a joke, but it's not. And our already oversized military? Guess what? The cheeto-faced baboon thinks it's not big enough.
And it's not like this is the first time they've done this shit. They complained, endlessly, about tax-and-spend democrats while Clinton was in office. As soon as Bush took office, they gave the tax rebate (which I have mixed feelings over) and continued to piss money away on an endless war and corporate hand-outs.
You want to reduce government spending, get rid of lobbyists who constantly bribe government officials into giving their companies billions of dollars. I can't help but think, if it weren't for lobbying, we wouldn't have supply-side economics, the military industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, the militarization of the police and we would probably have single payer healthcare and reasonable gun control.
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 28, 2017 at 11:43 am
(February 28, 2017 at 8:47 am)TaraJo Wrote: This doesn't surprise me at all.
Republicans talk a big game about government spending. They spent the past 8 years saying they couldn't afford anything, especially Obamacare. Yet, once they get into power, the first thing they do is piss money away on a wall. I wish that was a joke, but it's not. And our already oversized military? Guess what? The cheeto-faced baboon thinks it's not big enough.
And it's not like this is the first time they've done this shit. They complained, endlessly, about tax-and-spend democrats while Clinton was in office. As soon as Bush took office, they gave the tax rebate (which I have mixed feelings over) and continued to piss money away on an endless war and corporate hand-outs.
You want to reduce government spending, get rid of lobbyists who constantly bribe government officials into giving their companies billions of dollars. I can't help but think, if it weren't for lobbying, we wouldn't have supply-side economics, the military industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, the militarization of the police and we would probably have single payer healthcare and reasonable gun control.
You're a bit off topic. The conversation is/was about states.
Do you have a comment on how blue states are fiscally more responsible than red?
I agree that lobbying needs to somehow be curtailed, state and fed level. Include political contributions/donations.
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RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 28, 2017 at 11:54 am
(February 28, 2017 at 8:47 am)TaraJo Wrote: And it's not like this is the first time they've done this shit. They complained, endlessly, about tax-and-spend democrats while Clinton was in office. As soon as Bush took office, they gave the tax rebate (which I have mixed feelings over) and continued to piss money away on an endless war and corporate hand-outs.
A big reason why I've never voted Republican in my life is because of the distance between their platform and their behavior. If for no other reason, I at least respect Democrats for telling the truth about their policy initiatives.
(February 28, 2017 at 8:47 am)TaraJo Wrote: You want to reduce government spending, get rid of lobbyists who constantly bribe government officials into giving their companies billions of dollars. I can't help but think, if it weren't for lobbying, we wouldn't have supply-side economics, the military industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, the militarization of the police and we would probably have single payer healthcare and reasonable gun control.
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