Thursday, July 16, 2009

Blue States Pick Up Health Reform Tab For Red States: Study

Under the new House proposal for health care reform, blue states will be picking up more than their share of the tab, according to a new study from the liberal think tank Citizens for Tax Justice. Conversely, red states will reap more of the rewards, based on figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. continue...

10 comments:

DRL said...

It is from a "liberal think tank". How much of it can you believe.

Oh, and have you seen that Obama is directing the stimulus money to the blue states. He has fired people form the red states, so, let the blue states pick up the tab for all I care.

Oh, yea, you live in one of the states that has gotten most of the pie.

rac said...

Oxymoron of the Day: "conservative think tank"

And of course I get more pie than you. But I don't see how that's even relevant.

DRL said...

you can pay for my health care with your extra stimulus money.

rac said...

Good, 'cause I've been wondering what to do with this big fat check they sent me. To the victor go the spoils you know.

DRL said...

I know RAC, I doubt you, me or anyone on here will see it. It will be doweled out to those who can do the best for the "employers".

Sean said...

RAC - to follow up DRL's comment (Since he beat me to it) - do some research on where stimulus money is going and overlay it with the counties that voted for Obama.

rac said...

You sound surprised. Welcome to American politics.

Ric Larson said...

DRL and Sean, great resaerch!

Ric Larson said...

Shoot, don’t want to get a lecture from Jo about my bad spelling. I meant to say, “great research DRL and Sean”.

DRL said...

Ric, I didn't even notice the miss spell. Oh, well. all is good.