The South’s victim complex
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Southerners mainly just want to be left the fuck alone. Democrats could defuse 90% of the resentment if they tried that policy. It's not like there is this huge outpouring of support for John Boehner, Romney or the Bushes in the South. It's just that the alternatives are marxist thugs like obama and holder and hillary clinton.
If they want to be left the fuck alone, why not secede? Is it because so much of the South depends on federal benefits? If not, why continue to send representatives to Congress who attempt to drive the country in the direction they desire?
GANG OF BLACK TEENS BEATS WHITE MEMPHIS GROCERY STORE EMPLOYEE INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS --breitbart.com
http://www.travelerstoday.com/artic...d-this-month-gang-related-knock-out-trend.htm
Memphis mob beating continues with the second attack now involving an elderly man and a young boy.
Surely this is whitey's fault. Wonder whether Salon of Huff Post will be the first to come out and try to justify this ...
If there was a way for them to secede, they would. It's Washington that would never allow it.
The concept that 'red' states are the 'takers' that "depend on federal benefits" is absurd. Let's eliminate military base spending, farm subsidies, and other non-welfare federal spending from the accounting.
The red states do not really want the military bases that were forced on them. These bases take up large tracts of land that are useful for other economic purposes and require local money spent on policing & other services because they tend to be high crime / low income areas. Let's put a large military base in NYC or Boston - and bulldoze all the existing homes. The displaced residents can survive on the 80%+ of large farm subsidies that are sent to the owners of corporate farms who reside in blue states (but is seen as red state money for some reason).
Let's focus on federal welfare spending--defined here as childhood nutrition programs, food stamp programs, WIC benefits TANF benefits, and other similar benefits.
This article from USA Today "New Yorkers lead pack in government benefits" compiled data showing which states had the highest per capita expenditures for every type of government-provided benefit and blue states top the list and red states made up most of the bottom 10.
Top 10 - Most dependent on government aid
1 New York
2 West Virginia
3 Rhode Island
4 Maine
5 Pennsylvania
6 Massachusetts
7 Vermont
8 Kentucky
9 Michigan
10 Connecticut
Bottom 10 - Least dependent on government aid
41 South Dakota
42 Nebraska
43 Wyoming
44 Idaho
45 Georgia
46 Texas
47 Nevada
48 Virginia
49 Colorado
50 Utah
Great. Demand that the bases be removed, that farm subsidies end, and so forth. Let us know how that goes down.
