[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

"it is the conservatives who have their hands in other people's pockets"

Not in this state. If you're talking about the feds, the democrats controlled both houses of the legislature not long ago, and they didn't fix the federal shift of money from wealthy areas to poor areas. So I'm not sure you can say that's only a conservative issue. The democrats had ample opportunity to change that and didn't.

Paul, are you in favor of federal income tax collected for state residents, to stay in that state? You don't think we should subsidize poor states? How about states that have massive military bases, CT doesn't have a responsibility to fund a portion of those?I never said that all taxes have to stay in the state and am all for helping out other states/people. But to not recognize that money is flowing from the richer liberal states to the poorer conservatives states is asinine. Never mind that McConnell basically just told the liberal states who are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus that you are out of luck is just plan insulting.

"Calling Dems. whores bc you don't like their politics. "

If by "politics" you mean taxing us to death and then looting that tax revenue for themselves and their union benefactors, you're right, I don't like their politics. It is paying state ees a living wage. Look at the salaries the teachers were protesting 1-2 years ago in the conserve. states. Teachers getting paid $30k and then spending some of their sal. on supplies. You get what you pay for and that is why many of those states educ. systems stink.
You don't like the word whore, you can't get past it. I'm sorry, Paul. You can't make my conclusion wrong, all you can do is object to the word I use to describe it?

I've pointed out how your conclusion is totally wrong. I've always posted many stats here how the liberal states are much better than the conserve. states on a lot of things other than taxes.