Why No Thread About Colorado and Talk There Of Seceding?

[PLATO]

Because people that live in rural districts have an outsized sense of importance until they realize that theyd be ****ing mississippi levels of poor without a giant metro area pumping the state coffers. We see it in Washington all the time.

You do know that there is lots of oil in Northern Colorado, right? More likely they will be filling the coffers of high spending/low accountability "giant metro area" fat cats.

[Sava]

You do know that there is lots of oil in Northern Colorado, right? More likely they will be filling the coffers of high spending/low accountability "giant metro area" fat cats.

oil is heavily subsidized
it's a net loss for everyone involved

oh yeah, except the oil company executives

fat cats indeed

[PLATO]

oil is heavily subsidized
it's a net loss for everyone involved

oh yeah, except the oil company executives

fat cats indeed

Yeah...North Dakota is doing so poorly.

[kentonio]

Don't only about nine people like in North Dakota anyway?

[Sava]

Yeah...North Dakota is doing so poorly.

According to the list of states who receive the most federal dollars per money spent (which your lazy ass can google fo yoself), per capita North Dakota receives $2+ for every dollar paid in taxes.

SO YEAH *****

[Sava]

Red States are takers, not makers. This is fact.

[Ben Kenobi]

So, let Texas secede and see if that is true.

[PLATO]

According to the list of states who receive the most federal dollars per money spent (which your lazy ass can google fo yoself), per capita North Dakota receives $2+ for every dollar paid in taxes.

SO YEAH *****

Well it is easy to go back to the 6 year study that you are most likely citing. The picture changes as the oil boom heats up. Most current info I could find was 2010 and it shows $1.07 received for $1.00 taxed. I would imagine that it has improved even since then, but in the absence of a source I defer to your all encompassing, but out dated wisdom.

BTW...ND has the lowest unemployment rate in the country...3.2%.

[PLATO]

So, let Texas secede and see if that is true.

Texas receives $0.91 for every dollar taxed.
Illinois receives $0.92 for every dollar taxed.

Neither are takers.

[PLATO]

Red States are takers, not makers. This is fact.

True in an awful lot of cases.

Based on Senator party:

Blue States get $1.24 for every dollar taxed
Mixed States receive $1.12 for every dollar taxed
Red States receive $1.49 for every dollar taxed.

[giblets]

The small population states are the takers. Especially the red (Republicans are red because they're socialists) ones.

[Ben Kenobi]

Texas receives $0.91 for every dollar taxed.
Illinois receives $0.92 for every dollar taxed.

AHAHAHA. Texas > Illinois.

[MrFun]

Yeah...North Dakota is doing so poorly.

It's doing so well, that it's human population density has grown from immigration, to be higher than the population density of its cattle.

[SlowwHand]

I want you to think about this, Mr. Urban Iowan. You can't fix stupid, but sometimes you can train it. Try it out.

[Gatekeeper]

*shrug* I understand that parts of California have also wanted to secede from the rest of California for decades now, yet it's never happened. So, with that in mind, what's happening in Colorado isn't all that newsworthy at this point in time, at least not on a national scale.