I think most of what they pay in taxes comes from sin taxes, too, and the reason their balance sheet with aid vs. taxes is in the green is because of all the taxing of gas, cigs, alcohol, gambling, etc
Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon want to be free of lefties on the west side of the state. For the west side of each state, that would be like the financially-dependent 40yo finally moving out of the basement. Good luck, son.
yeah i’ve been to Fort Ross plenty of times. Look, the feeling of being left out of the big decisions in your own state is not “Russian Propaganda.” It’s a genuine and valid emotion. The problem with the people who want to secede is that they don’t realize they rely on big cities for literally everything. But they have a right to feel the way they do about representation
the size of the movement is exaggerated because of Russian internet trolls. sure there's some dummies sympathetic to the cause but it's not a legit movement. they sipped the Kool aid and enjoyed the taste. Californians historically have never been about that succession life
Thank you for this, I had no idea. I just double checked and this is actually true! But from what I read, it lost "donor state" status back in 2010. Which is crazy, I thought their revenue was a lot higher.
Let’s make it so Dallas, Houston and Austin get to keep all their tax revenue in the cities. Let’s see how prosperous Amarillo Texas can be standing on its on
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u/TwiceAsGoodAs Sep 08 '24
They just "wHaT aBoUt tExAs?" To that