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States Preaching Small Government Most Dependent On Federal Government (VIDEO)

March 27, 2014 By Egberto Willies

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The map above is striking. It is a perfect illustration that politics and facts at times seem mutually exclusive. In short, with just a few exceptions, the states whose politicians preach small government are much more dependent on it than other states.

States in green or closer to green on the map above are less dependent on the federal government. States in red or closer to red on the map above are more dependent on the federal government.

Some who need the most are brainwashed


So which are the 11 most dependent states? They are in order of most dependent,

  1. Mississippi
  2. New Mexico
  3. Alabama
  4. Louisiana
  5. Maine
  6. Montana
  7. Tennessee
  8. West Virginia
  9. South Dakota
  10. Arizona
  11. Kentucky

John S Kiernan, a senior writer & editor at Evolution Finance wrote an excellent piece on state federal government dependency. He compiled data from the Internal Revenue Service, the Census Bureau, Transparency.gov, US Department of Commerce – Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There is a striking political & economic statement in his article that should be digested.

The extent to which the average American’s tax burden would vary based on his state of residence represents a significant point of differentiation between state economies.  But it’s only once piece of the puzzle.

What if, for example, a particular state can afford not to tax its residents at high rates because it’s receiving disproportionately more funding from the federal government than states with apparently oppressive tax codes?  That would change the narrative significantly, revealing federal dependence where bold, efficient stewardship was once thought to preside.

The conclusion of the report is something many have written about over the last several years; Red States by far are more dependent on the federal government and are poorer. In the aggregate these states take back much more from the federal government than they put in. More of their gross domestic product is also more dependent on direct and indirect government outlays. This turns the takers vs makers debate on its head as those pushing that message represent the end they portend to despise.

Do they really want a small federal government? It would kill their states’ economies.

Many of the southern states that have no state income tax or have low taxes do so on the backs of the states that pay much more in federal taxes. Governors like Texas Rick Perry make the rounds attempting to bring business to their states. They do it under the pretext of these states having better business environments because of low taxes and regulations. They should note they can have low taxes because they are subsidized by the federal government and the poor.

9 out of these 11 states are Red states. Sadly these states are also the poorest states. Empirically should results not dictate whether policies should be deemed successful? In that regards it is evident the policies of these states are not helping their citizens. It does them material harm.

Articles like this are very important. Most Americans get their perspective from 10 second, 15 second, and 30 second sound bites. Data like this helps remove the blinders and rose colored glasses.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: blue state, dependent, Evergreen, Federal Government, Red State, Welfare States

About Egberto Willies

Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.

Comments

  1. Lawrence Conrad says

    March 29, 2014 at 4:00 PM

    Rebbecca;

    I think you will find Alabama has been misgoverned by Conservatives since the end of Reconstruction. They wouldn’t call themselves Republicans for two main reason: Lincoln founded the party and overt racism was not acceptable in the party until recently. The Dems had a big tent which depended on the Southern Democrats (the heirs to the traitors who tried to destroy the Republic and who murdered hundreds of thousands of real Americans). In the 1960’s most Southern Democrats (can you say ‘Strom Thurmond ?) declared themselves Republicans in reaction to the Dems supporting civil rights to a much greater degree than the Republicans, We now have a situation in which the party which has the poor form to call itself the “Party of Lincoln”. is controlled by the galvanized Southern Democrats. It would be much more appropriate to call it the “Party of Davis”. We know Sarah likes to point out that the KKK was populated by Dems, and she may not understand the complexity, but the Southern Dems were Conservative and Lincoln was a Liberal.

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  2. James says

    May 17, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    high colorblind here. your map is a mess. stop using red and green together in various shades. it’s impossible for colorblind people to see it,.

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