Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

If it's about personal responsibility, why does California only get back $0.78 for every $1 they pay in federal taxes? They would be fine fiscally if they didn't have to prop up so many red states with their taxes.

The personal responsibility thing for Republicans kind of goes out the window when the red states are overwhelmingly the welfare states.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html