Quantum Windbag
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it said it was cut FOR D.C., did the article say it was cut for all of the usa too?
D.C. is the biggest drawing pork barrel state or district....it gets more federal taxes spent on them per person than any state in the union vs what they pay in income taxes....at some point, enough is enough, no?
It also has the program I was talking about, the only federal program of public school vouchers. The Republicans were using the success of that program to argue for more funding for vouchers across the board, and Obama is doing everything in his power to kill the idea. What exactly is your beef with my post?
Something most people forget in their discussions about DC is that it solely exists as the seat of the federal government. Residents of DC do not pay state taxes, so no state funds are available to pay for things that the rest of the country takes for granted. Of course they get more federal money back than they pay in, how else can the city exist?