If You Can't Beat Em, Join Em
According to the Retro vs. Metro site:
Metro America produces the majority of the nation’s tax revenue, but some $200 billion a year of Metro taxes flow to Retro states and support the economic life of its small cities, towns, and rural areas.
("Metro" = blue states, "Retro" = red states.)
A friend of mine had a really interesting idea for those of us "liberals" in the blue states who are upset by the election outcome. He's such a good soul that he would disavow this idea if anyone gave it serious thought, but I'm just vindictive enough to share it with others.
Let's embrace the tax-cutting, libertarian, pick yourself up by your bootstraps, ideals that the red states espouse -- at least at the federal level. We could cut our taxes even further, and enjoy the same programs and services we have today. We just wouldn't be exporting them anymore.
Any takers?
Posted November 4, 2004 3:04 PM
Sure, Let's encourage the divide instead of working to make things right.
Everything is clearly
(black and white)- retro
or
(red and blue) - metro
Makes me wonder if politics is all about money?
Take Care
Michael
Yes, politics is *mostly* about money: taxes, budgets, deficits, appropriations, defense spending, education policy, roads, bridges, social security, medicare, welfare, tariffs, subsidies, campaign financing, and even faith-based initiatives. Money, money, money.
Please don't get offended by my post if you hail from a red state. It's just a little tongue-in-cheek razzing from somebody who's still in shock over the red states' priorities.
Of course it's an unworkable policy. That's kind of the point.
Not mad, maybe a little crazy.
Mine was an attempt at ill humor as well, black and white southern states...
As well as sick of the elections, sick of the bad politics out there and sick of the media pushing the divided nation in our nose.
Take Care
Michael
