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| Started by | Doug Anderson <invalid@dont-email.me> |
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| First post | 2026-03-27 20:41 -0700 |
| Last post | 2026-03-28 15:25 +0000 |
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Communist Democrats are doing their best to ruin our country. Doug Anderson <invalid@dont-email.me> - 2026-03-27 20:41 -0700
Communist MAGAdolts are doing their best to ruin our country. "Donald J. Trump" <epstein@maga.gop> - 2026-03-28 03:45 +0000
Re: Communist Democrats are doing their best to ruin our country. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-28 00:57 -0400
Re: Communist Democrats are doing their best to ruin our country. Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2026-03-28 15:25 +0000
| From | Doug Anderson <invalid@dont-email.me> |
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| Date | 2026-03-27 20:41 -0700 |
| Subject | Communist Democrats are doing their best to ruin our country. |
| Message-ID | <20260327204108.00004cbd@dont-email.me> |
Unfettered fraud and waste of federal funding. Displacing American citizens with illegal aliens. Encouraging the sexual abuse of children. Failing to teach school children the basics needed for survival in life. Refusing to combat crime. Refusing to hold criminals responsible. Continually attacking the rights of American citizens to possess arms for self defense. What kind of sick people support a party with this kind of agenda?
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| From | "Donald J. Trump" <epstein@maga.gop> |
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| Date | 2026-03-28 03:45 +0000 |
| Subject | Communist MAGAdolts are doing their best to ruin our country. |
| Message-ID | <10q7irs$3bg4v$4@news.tcpreset.net> |
| In reply to | #3024949 |
Once we get rid of the blood sucking red states leeching off of us, America
will be blue and great again.
California’s economy is larger than the United Kingdom’s. New York sits at
the center of global finance. Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, and other
blue states collectively represent over 60% of America’s GDP. In short,
the engine that powers the United States economy is overwhelmingly powered
by blue states.
And yet, the states most dependent on federal welfare, subsidies, and tax
redistribution are overwhelmingly Republican. These states drain resources
from the federal government while exerting disproportionate political
influence over how it operates.
Top Three Takeaways from the Article:
Republican-led states are net takers – relying heavily on federal dollars
to run their states that come mostly from blue state taxpayers.
Political representation is skewed – giving resource-draining red states
disproportionate power over national policy.
Blue states could push back – through interstate coordination, selective
compliance, or even secession threats, forcing a reckoning over who truly
sustains America.
Red States as Welfare States
Look at the numbers: states like Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, and
Kentucky consistently receive far more in federal spending than they
contribute in taxes. Mississippi receives about $2.13 in federal money for
every $1 it sends to Washington. Meanwhile, states like California and New
York send billions more to the federal government than they get back.
This means that the so-called “fiscally conservative” states are, in
reality, welfare states propped up by the wealth generated in blue states.
Without blue state subsidies, many red state governments would collapse
under the weight of their poverty rates, infrastructure needs, and
healthcare costs.
Political Power Without Economic Weight
Despite their dependency, red states hold outsized political power. The
Senate grants Wyoming’s 580,000 residents the same representation as
California’s 39 million. The Electoral College system compounds this
imbalance, handing disproportionate influence to rural states that
contribute relatively little to national economic output.
In practice, this means red states that drain federal resources wield veto
power over national policy. The states most reliant on federal welfare
dollars are the ones most aggressively blocking climate legislation,
healthcare reform, and education funding that the rest of the country
desperately needs.
What Blue States Could Do
The imbalance raises a provocative question: what if blue states stopped
playing along?
Blue states already experiment with interstate compacts, such as climate
agreements formed when Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Accord. But
the options go much further:
Selective compliance with federal laws, much like Northern states
resisted fugitive slave laws in the 1850s.
Irish Democracy–style passive resistance, where millions quietly stop
cooperating with federal overreach.
Economic independence, with state-level initiatives in healthcare,
immigration policy, and even currency.
If pushed far enough, some argue that blue states could even explore the
possibility of secession, not as political theater but as a credible
negotiating tactic. After all, Quebec nearly left Canada twice, and each
time it forced major concessions.
The Harsh Truth
At the heart of the issue lies an uncomfortable reality: the red state
vision of America – one of social conservatism, weak social safety nets,
and corporate dominance – is subsidized by the very blue states they
attack as “socialist.”
The U.S. has two incompatible futures. One is a multi-ethnic democracy
with robust public institutions. The other is a regressive, exclusionary
system kept afloat only by federal redistribution. The former is paying
for the latter – and sooner or later, blue states may decide the cost is
too high.
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| From | c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> |
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| Date | 2026-03-28 00:57 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <uhKdne23EbIJwlr0nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #3024949 |
On 3/27/26 23:41, Doug Anderson wrote: > Unfettered fraud and waste of federal funding. > > Displacing American citizens with illegal aliens. > > Encouraging the sexual abuse of children. > > Failing to teach school children the basics needed for survival in life. > > Refusing to combat crime. > > Refusing to hold criminals responsible. > > Continually attacking the rights of American citizens to possess arms > for self defense. > > What kind of sick people support a party with this kind of agenda? That's been their job since about 1918 ... keep chipping at the foundations of America/western civ. When it collapses they'll rush in to "save" us with Stalinist fixes .....
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| From | Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> |
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| Date | 2026-03-28 15:25 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrn10sfsnb.odc1.tommix@devnull.org> |
| In reply to | #3024972 |
On 2026-03-28, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: > On 3/27/26 23:41, Doug Anderson wrote: >> Unfettered fraud and waste of federal funding. >> >> Displacing American citizens with illegal aliens. >> >> Encouraging the sexual abuse of children. >> >> Failing to teach school children the basics needed for survival in life. >> >> Refusing to combat crime. >> >> Refusing to hold criminals responsible. >> >> Continually attacking the rights of American citizens to possess arms >> for self defense. >> >> What kind of sick people support a party with this kind of agenda? > > That's been their job since about 1918 ... keep > chipping at the foundations of America/western civ. > > When it collapses they'll rush in to "save" us with > Stalinist fixes ..... > Exactly. -- Tom Mix
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