The hard truth is the Red states keep their taxes low and their poverty high. Very weak public infrastructure. Schools that look like old prisons Millions without healthcare. Only exception is Georgia. - ThreadSky

rachelbitecofer.bsky.social • 12 days ago

The hard truth is the Red states keep their taxes low and their poverty high.

Very weak public infrastructure.

Schools that look like old prisons

Millions without healthcare.

Only exception is Georgia.

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mariafartaroma.bsky.social•12 days ago

And I subsidize their sorry asses from California.

tbas7000.bsky.social•12 days ago

As do I from Illinois.

akiro318.bsky.social•12 days ago

Keep humans poor and disconnected. Republicans want power. They murder through policy and stoke the fires of hatred to maintain "power".

againstfacists.bsky.social•11 days ago

YO
#Iowa

zabroglexis.bsky.social•12 days ago

100% on the schools that look like old prisons in a lot of Texas. I'm pretty sure it's intentional. Then you have the good areas with the new schools that have middle schools that look like high schools and high schools that look like colleges. With what money? They're not the ones that need it!

joeinkm.bsky.social•12 days ago

Give Georgia time.

dn-ny-mtl.bsky.social•12 days ago

And eager to accept Federal money sourced from Blue States with better infrastructure, schools and healthcare.
Southern Socialists

ncl81.bsky.social•12 days ago

And we blue states fund them.

artmobboss.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is how you keep the huge prisons and inflated police budgets alive..
When you put lots of rules in a place that's impossible to survive without being rich, it makes a constant stream of prison fodder.

dougbfresher.bsky.social•11 days ago

Texas

gb5nm.bsky.social•12 days ago

That’s cause we are PURPLE

nikimorris.bsky.social•12 days ago

Rural Ohioan here. Can confirm.

seenaswg.bsky.social•12 days ago

Time

To

Split

The

Country

013-727.bsky.social•11 days ago

Obligatory: https://calexitnow.org/petition

patriarchysux.bsky.social•12 days ago

While The Blue States subsidize them ... 🤬

julayla-64.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sad and true

chuuzumou.bsky.social•12 days ago

North Carolina. But North Carolina has a relatively low minority population

The amount of benefits red states are willing to provide is directly proportional to how many blacks might also benefit

MLK was right about the lowest white wanting to be ahead of the highest black

abxgirl.bsky.social•9 days ago

22% is not "small"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans_in_North_Carolina#

leerysnail.bsky.social•11 days ago

and skate on Federal tax contributions leaving Blue states to fund it all…

jazzaintbad.bsky.social•12 days ago

Wait until the proposed 2026 discretionary budget proposal eliminating CDBG, HOME, EDA, Clean Water SRLF Programs & Minority Business Assistance Centers. This will devastate counties, cities, and townships nationwide who use these most of the program funds for critical public infrastructure projects

wine-country.bsky.social•12 days ago

How has Georgia managed to pull itself out of this sad excuse of poor government choices?

susankayequinn.bsky.social•12 days ago

It has Atlanta

monkrunshhi.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yes. I live in a Ruby red state next to GA in a fancy area that attracts lots of tourists and rich retirees. Many of the retirees come from Blue states where they raised their families with excellent schools, lots of great job opportunities, pensions, and culture.

monkrunshhi.bsky.social•11 days ago

They didn’t like paying high taxes, but it benefited them. Now they are here. They’ll pay a few million for a house, $70 grand to join a golf club and $30 grand on vacations but do not raise their taxes $200 a year, because it might help someone else.

capemaydave.bsky.social•12 days ago

Red States are exploitation machines albeit with limited and declining Fed mitigation.

It's the opposite policy from that advocated by the most recent Nobel winners.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2024/press-release/#:~:text=This%20year's%20laureates%20in%20the,institutions%20for%20a%20country's%20prosperity.

downtym.com•12 days ago

We have very differing opinions of Georgia infrastructure and schools.

splitatoms119.bsky.social•12 days ago

My mother lived in GA and had a stroke. Their healthcare is horrendous, they were still faxing as opposed to EMAIL? Couldn’t ever get a hold of the doctor who treated her, took them FOREVER to fill out paperwork for her job to collect money while she was recovering. Never got it. She moved NYS.

stevemurphymvar.bsky.social•11 days ago

Georgia has two Democratic Senators and Biden carried in 2020. Not a Red state, imo.

jojobeansrocks.bsky.social•12 days ago

Missouri is the exception to the rule. We pay taxes on everything including groceries.

The Republicans in charge give that money to their donors like Herzog.

suziqblue.bsky.social•12 days ago

I bought food weekly for students when I was teaching.

jazzaintbad.bsky.social•12 days ago

I would like to know what the average out of pocket teachers donate to the wellbeing of their students. I’m so sick of teachers being taken for granted.

suziqblue.bsky.social•12 days ago

I estimated the last year I taught it was about $1500.

jazzaintbad.bsky.social•11 days ago

That’s unbelievable! Wow. God bless you & thank you.

suziqblue.bsky.social•11 days ago

I am certainly not alone. Most teachers are highly invested in seeing their students learn.

visbell.bsky.social•12 days ago

I had to flee Georgia so I wouldn't die. I have end stage kidney disease, and they refused to allow me Medicaid. Maybe Atlanta needs to burn again?

bangersmash.bsky.social•11 days ago

digiwallsstudio.bsky.social•12 days ago

All about power

trumpisnazi.bsky.social•12 days ago

Joe Biden should’ve geared the infrastructure package to just blue states. Fuck unity with these leaching Nazis.

moderatetexan.bsky.social•12 days ago

As someone in a red state, I agree with you. Save yourselves.

bps-sdca.bsky.social•12 days ago

Deep Red State escapee. Agree 100%. Those places are long, long, long gone and not worth lifting a finger to save if it means taking away from Blue States that matter and pay the country's bills.

abibirib.bsky.social•11 days ago

Trump doesn't care about anyone but his pocket. The man is an opportunistic swindler who is being aided by some political insects.

speedbirdbob.bsky.social•12 days ago

Overtime I would assume we will see red states become intellectual voids. People with a brain are far more likely to see the value in well managed government services and gravitate to blue states.

carmenbwifemom.bsky.social•12 days ago

Red states are suppressed..at least i know Ohio is

tbas7000.bsky.social•12 days ago

Gerrymandered and voter suppressed for damn sure. Heard this about TN as well, TN actually should be purple.

peaceotter.bsky.social•12 days ago

Canada should become a state? We have free health care ( free as in we do pay an extra $200 on our annual tax= 16.50/month). Long waits? Yes about 8 hours if you are not dying. Minimum wage in Ontario is $17.20
A Prime Minister who respects us and everyone. Fuck you Trump.

twilightstarflower.bsky.social•11 days ago

We also have territories that we don't take care of.

No one should join the USA. Parts of us wish to be adopted out.

unknownsoldier.bsky.social•12 days ago

Or maybe some of our Blue states should become Canadian provinces

psychobob4q2.bsky.social•12 days ago

And Georgia has MTG. Yeah, that lowers the average IQ there substantially...

nathantarantla.bsky.social•11 days ago

Get off the beaten track and see what Georgia is like...

toebit.bsky.social•11 days ago

It’s the Southern Prison Industrial Complex at work producing more inmates for its ever increasing appetite/

raggeashark.bsky.social•12 days ago

But that's 'Merica! And the rest of us get to pay for these confederate flag waving fools

bangersmash.bsky.social•11 days ago

mrtox.bsky.social•12 days ago

A la carte government. It works great if you have the money to pay out of pocket for the things you need. It’s terrible if you don’t.

mtnwoodsmedia.bsky.social•12 days ago

Haven’t met threshold to pay state taxes in years here. Always break even. They make bank off ee withholding and everyone gets pie 🥧 happy off refunds. Cray cray.

oldunreliable.bsky.social•12 days ago

And people keep voting for it.

pbvdc.bsky.social•12 days ago

When you can only prioritize and plan 24 hours in advance, seeing the benefit in something like voting can be hard.

Not saying it’s right, just offering my 2 cents as to why. Living in desperate poverty is just that — desperate.

mssalleforth.bsky.social•11 days ago

And not that anyone seems to remember U.S. history or how racist policies work, but Jim Crow laws are still in effect, still limiting who can vote & which ZIP codes actually count in statewide elections. Mississippi is as purple as any other state.

oldunreliable.bsky.social•11 days ago

In spite of all that, people do get out to vote. And they often vote Republican.

procrastinatrix617.bsky.social•11 days ago

And many municipalities in red states rely on fines for traffic infractions (and have quotas that disproportionately affect Black drivers) to fund local services. Many people end up in jail for unpaid fines.

breathfartnews.bsky.social•12 days ago

Looking for places to retire, we ruled out most of the South. Except GA.

bloodybible.bsky.social•12 days ago

Can confirm. Stuck in deep red SC.

nimue98.bsky.social•12 days ago

They are parasite states that rely on federal dollars provided by blue states. They need to support themselves.

rabidweasel.bsky.social•12 days ago

I'm in Texas

Can confirm!

kab-fair.bsky.social•12 days ago

state that brags about 30% of its population lacks health insurance, that when abbott needed money to play border czar he took millions from mental health programs & medicaid funds earmarked for special ed programs in public schools-over $600m, now the voucher attack on public schools begins

thakman.bsky.social•11 days ago

They are into scamming the system. It's the Deep State anyway.

wiseroldwoman.bsky.social•12 days ago

Nodding in Texan

passem.bsky.social•12 days ago

Blue states like CA are tired funding the Red states - our tax dollars should stay with us, not the Feds to be redistributed - especially given all the cuts - our state will need to pick up that slack because we care about kids eating, health care, disaster recovery, etc

013-727.bsky.social•11 days ago

Consider: https://calexitnow.org/petition

013-727.bsky.social•11 days ago

I had no idea Lesser Georgia was an exception and I'd like to ask you to elaborate.

reneeincarnation.bsky.social•11 days ago

Maybe the governor is the saving grace?

reneeincarnation.bsky.social•11 days ago

Or maybe wealthy liberals moved there of the last decade?

quiz.baby•12 days ago

And they feel entitled for subventions from blue states. #RedStateSocialism

starjet.bsky.social•11 days ago

All those states show up on those AI generated lists of "Best places to retire", which I don't get at all.

kindlesnclowders.bsky.social•11 days ago

Ai is drunk

patricklovesdogs.bsky.social•11 days ago

And yet somehow 2/3 of all the money and jobs in Biden s infrastructure and CHIP act benefit red states while cities and blue states languish. Just once I'd like to see a Dem administration reward the people who put them in power .

kindlesnclowders.bsky.social•11 days ago

The goal, assuming we weren't stupid enough to put the orang shitstain in office afterward, was to raise the standard of living for the people of those states, and make them more willing to get rid of the red restrictive leaders.

But. We got shitstain

patricklovesdogs.bsky.social•11 days ago

Exactly he tried to buy their love with our tax dollars and just like the teamsters who's pension fund we also bailed out got thanked with a big fuck you.

anirula.bsky.social•12 days ago

Utah is another anomaly because the rural population is still primarily Mormon and the church gets what they want.

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