I just read an article which pretty much confirmed my suspicion about the new tax bill. Itâs largely designed to punish âblue statersâ and their voters. In the article, conservative economist Stephen Moore describes it as âdeath to Democratsâ
Top Trump adviser says the GOP tax bill is 'death to Democrats'
Hereâs the gist of whatâs going on, again, straight from conservative Steven Moore:
âBlue staters tend to send liberal politicians to office, who then vote for bigger federal spending â even though a greater share of the money goes to the red states. Maybe somebody needs to write a book called: 'What's the Matter With Massachusetts.ââ
This is of course a riff on the old âWhat's the Matter with Kansas?â thing.
And itâs true. The conservative âTax Foundationâ used to collect raw data on how much states were paying into the federal government, versus how much they were getting out. They probably stopped because it was embarrassing:
https://files.taxfoundation.org/legacy/docs/fedspend_per_taxesbystate-20071009.pdf
So hereâs the deal as I see it. Blue staters, republicans think youâre chumps, and thus donât respect you. They will use the big federal welfare programs to hold you over the barrel. But donât you realize? Hardly any of those federal welfare programs really need to be federal. Repeal programs like medicare and obamacare, and replace them with your own programs. Just donât forget to put in place legislative roadblocks to out-of-staters coming in and draining them.
Something I agree with liberals on is that government intervention in healthcare is necessary. Every modern nation on this planet uses some combination of regulations and subsidies to make sure their healthcare systems work for everyone. If American conservatives donât see that, then fine, make it their own problem. Cut the taxing/spending at the federal level like they want, and use the funding windfall to help your own. Sometimes you just have to do for you and yours. Embracing modern federalism will help you do that without getting screwed by people that hate you.
Top Trump adviser says the GOP tax bill is 'death to Democrats'
Hereâs the gist of whatâs going on, again, straight from conservative Steven Moore:
âBlue staters tend to send liberal politicians to office, who then vote for bigger federal spending â even though a greater share of the money goes to the red states. Maybe somebody needs to write a book called: 'What's the Matter With Massachusetts.ââ
This is of course a riff on the old âWhat's the Matter with Kansas?â thing.
And itâs true. The conservative âTax Foundationâ used to collect raw data on how much states were paying into the federal government, versus how much they were getting out. They probably stopped because it was embarrassing:
https://files.taxfoundation.org/legacy/docs/fedspend_per_taxesbystate-20071009.pdf
So hereâs the deal as I see it. Blue staters, republicans think youâre chumps, and thus donât respect you. They will use the big federal welfare programs to hold you over the barrel. But donât you realize? Hardly any of those federal welfare programs really need to be federal. Repeal programs like medicare and obamacare, and replace them with your own programs. Just donât forget to put in place legislative roadblocks to out-of-staters coming in and draining them.
Something I agree with liberals on is that government intervention in healthcare is necessary. Every modern nation on this planet uses some combination of regulations and subsidies to make sure their healthcare systems work for everyone. If American conservatives donât see that, then fine, make it their own problem. Cut the taxing/spending at the federal level like they want, and use the funding windfall to help your own. Sometimes you just have to do for you and yours. Embracing modern federalism will help you do that without getting screwed by people that hate you.