It was also an agreed-upon part of your income, not welfare, no matter what proportion you also paid into it. There is waste in the military, but that does not characterize the military as such as the equivalent of nothing but a source Federal welfare subsidies.

They also confuse military pensions and social security that people have been forced to pay into as welfare. This distorts the statistical impression, for example with Maine having one of the oldest populations and retirees moving to states like FL and SC.

But the whole notion of categorizing individuals by state is wrong to begin with. Everyone in a state does not work, think or vote the same. Every state has a large percentage of voters for both Democrats and Republicans despite the assigned "color", and most within both parties are statists to a significant degree.

WTF??!!

Another case of The Great Linearers.

New Mexico is so high on benefits due to the high number of Indian reservations, plus the government labs, 3 AFB bases and a couple of Army bases. Almost the whole western half of the state is either Indian land or forest land or BLM land. Even out east, where I live, there is a lot of BLM and State Trust land.

Like all moochers in every argument point out, immediately going to the precept of A.R.'s philosophy would be a disaster. What they fail to point out is that it is not possible to undo over 100 years of the erosion of freedom by Progressives in an instant. If Objectivism were actually put in place, it would be necessary to dismantle their "work" bit by bit like scraping barnacles off a boat. Like a boat, once the barnacles are gone, you can see the functional beauty underneath.

The few producers that are left(and it would be hard to leave the beauty of most of the Blue States) are getting tired of footing the bill for everyone.

Excellent article .. if You Love SATIRE!!! However, I don't think the Looters believe that this is ...Satire!!

Forwarded this to my husband and three sons, changed the subject line to "Hahahaha Lololol Almost don't know where to start. Luv the irony!" As much as I find the flip-flop hilarious, it was the most concise, on point article written by a progressive that I have ever read. One of my, and my husband's, complaints is how rare it is to have a conversation with a progressive without said progressive becoming emotional, irrational and offensive. At least Ms Robinson appears to articulate her rational in an organized, coherent manner.

Texas not a blue State but I would encourage the Blue States to withhold their Federal taxes and keep them for themselves. The Red States will withhold their fossil fuels.

EXACTLY! plus many never actually go so college and then lose those benefits. The Government actually comes out ahead in the GI Bill scheme.

While this person is obviously warped beyond all ability to see the truth. I would love to take him at his offer and wait for the blue states to succeed and the red states to fail as he expects. The fact that things would go exactly opposite as he expects would be wonderful for us in the red states and might even wake up a few of those in the blue states.

Oh and one small other thing. As a vet myself, I am ENTITLED to the vet benefits and GI bill that I First paid into. I bought those benefits with 5 years and 6 months of my life. Value for value, this is not some government handout!....That part PISSED ME OFF!

Comrade citizens, call me Sara.
I went on a gender bender when I wrote that propaganda hit piece.
Who is John Galt? A moocher!
Wait until I call him a racist. Bwahaha!
Excuse me while I slime away with the drive-by media.

Many of those states have anemic economies so the ratio will be higher. Bullshit analysis. Left voted for these policies and now complain?

I have a number of problems with this map. For instance, Virginia is shown as a net producer, but half that state is on the federal payroll. The same can be said of Maryland. I do not consider any federal employees producers and neither did Ayn Rand.
Also note that New Mexico and Michigan is a blue state and it receives some of the most net benefits.

I think this chart is cherry picking and I call BULL SHIT.

They're basing that on income-tax outflows v. total federal expenditures. But there would be ways of making up any shortfall. Ways consistent with liberty.

Again, an example of a progressive spouting off information based on their skewed perceptions. What this dolt does not realize is that like others who used the GI Bill, I had to contribute $100/month for the first year of my enlistment. $100/month is a lot for a mere private making only $500/month (late 1980s dollars).

These oppressed geniuses created the disparate system the author criticizes! We will not miss them. Please go away and don't let the door hit you in the a#$ on the way out!

The progs are in charge of printing money forget that the wealth they create is debt to those working for ours. I wager Sara has the tens of millions on welfare food stamps thrilled to hear how they are the true producers.

Oh we would realize just as soon as we weren't being taxed to pay someone who dosnt work, or having our rights taken away

I for one would not miss them, ever. In fact I'm sure I would get to keep more of the money I earned. :)

No kidding. I don't put it past a red state to go after money because they all do it but would be totally shocked if they took more.