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Originally Posted by crockett
IL is a special case kind of like how FL and Texas are special cases on the red side.
IL is fucked because Chicago is corrupt as fuck. Outside of Chicago IL is not bad as compared to the local region and the wages are still pretty decent for blue collar.
Now to prove what I'm saying, is even in FL and Texas which both have solid economies. The wages are lower than what you'd find in IL for comparable jobs. IL the worst fucking blue state still has better jobs for the average person than FL and TX.
Texas gets the oil field exception as people in that field of work get higher pay on average but the rest of job in Texas are mostly under paid.
Now the point of all this, is Republicans still dont seem to understand what made America great. The middle class is what makes America great because millions of middle class people spend more money buying things which creates a strong economy vs having a rich bunch of 1%ers with no middle class..
This is why Republican run states are always fucked, because they do everything possible to keep wages low and kill off the middle class which means the young leave their states for the big city coasts in search of opportunity causing a future both brain drain and tax losses which compounds its self every generation.
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I have said much the same but a bit different.
It is in some interest to see that the many have disposable income and the desire to spend it. Even the government for the tax base.
But without making any conclusions, I have some other interesting bits to consider.
When the nation was it's per-capita strongest, taxes were the highest. Under Ike.
The states that truly have the strongest economy's have the highest taxes.
Draw you own conclusions red or blue but it's there if you look at it.
But do keep in mind that not all states generate their revenue by taxing the same way.
And it's funny that Alaska which has no state tax, gets all of it's revenue from oil and oil is priced very high right now and demand was strong, but they are in a budget crisis right now from falling revenue.
That's just F'd up !