As it turns out, it is red states that are overwhelmingly the Welfare Queen States. Yes, that's right. Red States — the ones governed by folks who think government is too big and spending needs to be cut — are a net drain on the economy, taking in more federal spending than they pay out in federal taxes. They talk a good game, but stick Blue States with the bill.

Take a look at the difference between federal spending on any given state and the federal taxes received from that state. We measure the difference as a dollar amount: Federal Spending per Dollar of Federal Taxes. A figure of $1.00 means that particular state received as much as it paid in to the federal government. Anything over a dollar means the state received more than it paid; anything less than $1.00 means the state paid more in taxes than it received in services. The higher the figure, the more a given state is a welfare queen.

Of the twenty worst states, 16 are either Republican dominated or conservative states. Let's go through the top twenty.

New Mexico: $2.03
Mississippi: $2.02
Alaska: $1.84
Louisiana: $1.78
West Virginia: $1.76
North Dakota: $1.68
Alabama: $1.66
South Dakota: $1.53
Kentucky: $1.51
Virginia: $1.51
Montana: $1.47
Hawaii: $1.44
Maine: $1.41
Arkansas: $1.41
Oklahoma: $1.36
South Carolina: $1.35
Missouri: $1.32
Maryland: $1.30
Tennessee: $1.27
Idaho: $1.21


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During her remarks to the crowd this afternoon, Mrs. Romney said it is “really hard for me as a wife” to watch the campaign unfold. Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan recently wrote that it’s “time for an intervention” in the Romney campaign. William Kristol, a conservative who is the editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, used the words “arrogant and stupid” to describe Romney’s comments about the “47 percent” of Americans who won’t vote for him.

During an interview early this evening with Radio Iowa, Mrs. Romney directly addressed her fellow Republicans who’ve criticized her husband.

“Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said. “This is hard and, you know, it’s an important thing that we’re doing right now and it’s an important election and it is time for all Americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt’s qualifications and experience and know-how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country.”

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:I wonder if those numbers include military spending.

cshort wrote:

pacino wrote:

cshort wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:So Mitt gives a lot of money away and pays a lot of taxes and has paid a lot of taxes every year.

Now we can go back to distracting issues like whether Americans needlessly died in Libya.

If Mitt wins, a lot more Americans will be dying needlessly, not that it matters to someone who supports the party of war and poisonous water and air.

And I forgot about the 24,000 who die from our use of coal. Better support that industry with our tax money, especially since we get over half a million asthma attacks per year on top of the deaths. Now those are results!!

Cars kill 40,000 people a year - better get rid of them too. Horses aren't as dangerous - only 20 people a year die from horse related injuries. We should probably kill Ann Romney's horse though, just in case.

There are much better options than coal. Coal sucks the life out of Appalachia.

I don't like the sweeping "let's get rid of xyz" statements, when there are ways to use a resource appropriately. Coal can be useful, and should be used in clean burning plants, while the polluting ones should be shuttered. The industry should also be required to have certain levels of responsibility wrt worker safety and the environment. For many in Appalachia, it's their only source of income-what would happen if coal leaves? West Virginia doesn't have much else. If coal can't compete on a playing field where it has the proper safety and environmental standards because of cost, then so be it. If it can, why shouldn't we use it?

cshort wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:I wonder if those numbers include military spending.

Or Social Security payments to retirees.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

cshort wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:I wonder if those numbers include military spending.

Or Social Security payments to retirees.

No chance. Florida would be on the list then.

cshort wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:I wonder if those numbers include military spending.

Or Social Security payments to retirees.

A record unearthed Monday shows that US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has a great-great-great grandmother listed in an 1894 document as a Cherokee, said a genealogist at the New England Historic and Genealogy Society.

td11 wrote:ann romney telling peggy noonan and bill kristol to "stop it" (listen from about 1:15 on)

During her remarks to the crowd this afternoon, Mrs. Romney said it is “really hard for me as a wife” to watch the campaign unfold. Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan recently wrote that it’s “time for an intervention” in the Romney campaign. William Kristol, a conservative who is the editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, used the words “arrogant and stupid” to describe Romney’s comments about the “47 percent” of Americans who won’t vote for him.

During an interview early this evening with Radio Iowa, Mrs. Romney directly addressed her fellow Republicans who’ve criticized her husband.

“Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said. “This is hard and, you know, it’s an important thing that we’re doing right now and it’s an important election and it is time for all Americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt’s qualifications and experience and know-how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country.”

radio iowa

dajafi wrote:

td11 wrote:ann romney telling peggy noonan and bill kristol to "stop it" (listen from about 1:15 on)

During her remarks to the crowd this afternoon, Mrs. Romney said it is “really hard for me as a wife” to watch the campaign unfold. Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan recently wrote that it’s “time for an intervention” in the Romney campaign. William Kristol, a conservative who is the editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, used the words “arrogant and stupid” to describe Romney’s comments about the “47 percent” of Americans who won’t vote for him.

During an interview early this evening with Radio Iowa, Mrs. Romney directly addressed her fellow Republicans who’ve criticized her husband.

“Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said. “This is hard and, you know, it’s an important thing that we’re doing right now and it’s an important election and it is time for all Americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt’s qualifications and experience and know-how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country.”

radio iowa

Someone on twitter made the good point that if Michelle Obama had said anything about how lucky we are to have Barry O in the race, we'd have never heard the end of it. Ann Romney clearly is an An(n)gry White Woman.