End Red State Welfare

One of the odd things about Red States is that they take a lot more government dollars per capita than the blue states. And the blue states pay for it - literally. But for some strange reason the continue to vote against their interests.

Maybe its time for the blue staters to end this red state welfare.

The more I think about it, the more this seems like a workable philosophy for the next few years.

WE are never going to "win" the values issue by trying to "re-package" or "get our message out". This is a cultural war based on religion. You are NEVER going to get the values voters to see your side. Its faith based vs. reality based.
The message is out folks. The Republicans won and it will take decades to change the perception. Should we try ? Yes. Is it the top priority? No.

We have to let the red states lie in the bed that they have made. The Dems need to become the Republican party of 1992. They need to have backbenchers sniping at the heels of powerful republican representatives. They need to push for states rights, tax cuts and most important - the end of RED STATE WELFARE (farm subsidies, highway funds, block grants).

The blue states pay most of the taxes in this country folks. And for it they get the least money back from the federal government. There has to be two immediate goals: push the end of red state welfare at the federal lever and, work to make the blue states even bluer (dump republicans from blue state house and senate positions, get them out of governors offices and state senate).

Why? here's why - California just approved 3 Billion for stem cell research. If the red states want a federal system based on "values" and "faith based policy" then fine give it to them. Just make sure they cant push that crap on the blue states. Over time as the economies of the blue states continue to grow, while blue staters have decent state funded health care, excellent school systems and high property values the red staters will wallow in just the opposite. Maybe then they will wake up out of the religious zealotry and realize that politics and religion just don't mix.

I realize this is a spiteful agenda. But it worked for the republicans, why not us? All I am saying is that we need to go back to the way things were before the Progressive revolution of the early 1900's when a few states showed the rest of the country that liberal policies had worked wonders in their states. The funny thing is, back then the Blue states were actually today's red states.