Friday, January 30, 2015

Obama's America: Red States Bore The Brunt Of Federal Grant Cuts

 

You probably know this line by heart by now; Obama saying we're not a collection of red states or blue states, we’re the United States (I’m paraphrasing). Yet, we all know that’s bologna. Red states and blue states have different values, different views on government, and different attitudes towards America’s role in the world. To put it in another way, it’s the urban-based elite vs. the rural American.
 
No other president has accentuated such divisions as Barack Obama. That’s fine; I’m a fan of partisanship and government gridlock–our rights remain safe when government does next to nothing.

But, another area where such divisions are shown is in state budgets, where red states have been the victim of disproportionate cuts in federal grants compared to that of their blue state neighbors (via Reuters):

More @ Townhall

4 comments:

  1. This is my surprised look! (Not).

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  2. The Evil Ms. Jarrett has always maintained that if " You aren't with us, You are against us." She keeps the list of those who don't love the Emperor PINO Soetoro. She makes sure there is palpable punishment. This woman lives in the WH, has total access to the Puppet strings. Now she put the Hit out on Bibi Netanyahu for daring to talk to Congress without asking permission first, which he never would have gotten. Evil lurks in human form.
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3252615/posts

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