Cuomo SMACKS McConnell: "Your state is getting bailed out. Not my state."

[kpete]

Gov. Cuomo: "New York puts in more money into the federal pot than it takes out. His state takes out more than it puts in. Sen. McConnell, who's getting bailed out here? It's your state that is living on the money that we generate. Your state is getting bailed out. Not my state."

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[Iliyah]

1. Truth . . .

about blue states.

[captain queeg]

2. Burn! 🔥🔥🔥

[greenjar_01]

3. Not only do blue states subsidize red states, blue areas in blue states subsidize red areas

in blue states.

[Igel]

17. You're right.

We got ours, how dare they want any of it.

[greenjar_01]

27. Nice take-away

A simple "thank you" or maybe even just stopping with the constant "fuck you's" would do, really, but you do you, homie.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. McConnell better watch his fucking mouth. . .

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Ya know:

CA alone would be the 5th-6th largest world economy. Plus all that tech.

NYC is a global financial center.

The NY-NJ-CT region is a global corporate center.

Chicago is the center of US agribusiness, and the futures trading exchanges for grains are located there.

If McConnell and the GOP get any more cute with us in the blue states, well. . .they damn well better consider these. . .

You need pharmaceuticals in Alabama? South Carolina? There will be a surcharge.

All that construction in Louisville? Birmingham? Spartanburg? Your local banking system doesn't have the capacity to sustain it, so we'll continue lending to you...at 10% or more.

Those farms in Nebraska? Iowa? Missouri? We now own them, and you have one week to GTFO.

In short, McConnell and the GOP had fucking better well come to their senses, 'cause this is an extremely dangerous game they're playing with us; and it's not wise to attack someone unilaterally when they we have the power to ruin you, financially and otherwise.




#newrostrong

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[MarcA]

7. Telling it like it is to Gropenfuhrer mitch and his neo-confederate cons. n/t

[MyOwnPeace]

25. "McConnell and the GOP had fucking better well come to their senses"

"Oh, look, there's another star in the east!"

That will happen sooner than Moscow Mitch McTurtle and the GOP coming to their senses...............

[Ilsa]

26. +1000! That's how it's done. nt

[SergeStorms]

38. Yeah, but.....

Moscow Mitch got the Ruskies to put an aluminum plant in his state. Of course it's blue state's money that subsidizes the tax breaks he gives them, but hey........

[SWBTATTReg]

44. And I'll bet ironically enough, this plant will be shuttered/closed due to the economic slowdown,

if not already.

[SergeStorms]

50. I don't know....

those Ruskies can lean on you pretty hard. Polonium sandwiches, long walks off of short piers, a slender knife up under the ribs....those sort of things can get results, especially from republicans.

[BunnyMcGee]

41. +1 and Amen to that

[DBoon]

45. All major Pacific coast ports are in Blue areas of blue states

You shut off red states from the rest of the world and they will hurt.

For all the blather about self sufficiency, most of the resources they require come from other countries

[RicROC]

5. graph

[joost5]

19. MN represent.

[PurgedVoter]

29. To clarify the table above

After being taxed $1 the table shows what the states get back. So the 14 states at the bottom pay the way for the rest of the states.
A lot of this goes to contractors though so a lot of it goes to the wealthy who have no real State or even National loyalty.

[SergeStorms]

39. Isn't that............SOCIALISM?

A few states pay all the other state's bills, right? Sounds like socialism to me. "But that's different", would be their reply. No, it isn't. It's socialism. That's how, and why, socialism works.

[crickets]

31. Dang. GA is closer to the bottom than I thought it would be.

I feel a little better about that now -- thanks for visuals, RicROC!

South Carolina, on the other hand. Yikes. That explains the reactions to Nikki Haley's recent comments.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213335333

[RicROC]

42. but check out Florida

I hear all the time that New York State is too heavily taxed. Which is true. But in the same breath, people will say, 'you should go to Florida'. No wonder there are no taxes in Florida- the taxes are coming from other states.

[yellowdogintexas]

46. Texas is well known for lower taxes.

I notice Texas is already #28 on the taker state list. With the drop in oil prices, we will move higher up that list and officially become a taker state

[Mercurian]

37. NC is 24th!

Trust me, after decades of us ranking 47th-48th in the country in ever other survey of, well, everything..I am VERY happy we're 24th at something.

[cstanleytech]

8. Yep McConnell state is a welfare red state.

[world wide wally]

9. Shut the fuck up, Mitchie

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Kentucky is number 5 in taking Federal money as percent of state revenue, nearly 40%

[dalton99a]

16. +1.

[cstanleytech]

33. If we added military bases as part of the federal aid as well what impact would it have on the color

of the map? I ask because we all know that we spend far more on the military than we should so I suspect some of those in the Senate and House are using that to provide additional federal spending in their states.

[yellowdogintexas]

48. using KY as an example, there are two important military installations there

Fort Knox, which houses the nation's gold repository.
Fort Campbell, which is the home of the 101st Airborne


Texas is loaded with military installations. If those are counted it would make us even more of a taker state

[Progressive Jones]

49. There are a lot of military installations in Red States. nt

[Thekaspervote]

11. Cuomo...powerful voice! Hope when he's done being gov, he seeks higher office

[scarletwoman]

12. Here's the video clip - must watch!!!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4870939/governor-cuomo-criticizes-senator-mcconnells-suggestion-states-bankruptcy

[Nitram]

14. Thanks for sharing the clip.

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[cp]

23. He is a superb communicator

P.S. Rot in hell, MoscowMitch.

[JudyM]

32. Thanks for the clip. We need more outspoken fighters like him, doing this all the time.

[whathehell]

36. Great stuff..Thanks.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. I was watching it, he was awesome. Did not miss a beat.

Great job, Gov. Cuomo.

[Fritz Walter]

18. Along those lines, these "bailed-out" states are terrified about eliminating the electoral college

Late last year, PolitiFact published a story disproving a widespread facebook post claiming "Abolishing the Electoral College would make Los Angeles County stronger than 43 states."

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

The post, taken literally, makes no sense, said James A. Gardner, an election law expert at the University at Buffalo School of Law.

"If the Electoral College were abolished, presumably the president would be elected by nationwide majority vote," Gardner said. In such a system, all groups of people "would have precisely identical influence on the outcome of the election since every vote would count equally in the final tally," he said.

A voter in Los Angeles County would have exactly the same input into the presidential election as would a voter in rural Wyoming...

or Gravel Switch KY

...if a national popular vote were used to elect the president, said Robert Speel, a political science associate professor at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Except, Zuck-a-Duck, this flagged post is still in circulation. I saw it yesterday.

Fear -- just like misleading statements from MoscowMitch -- can be a very effective tool, which can easily outweigh facts for the hard-of-thinking.

[kimbutgar]

20. I really think the rules should be changed that states only get the money they send to the federal

Government only. Large blue states only get what they contributed.

[lunatica]

21. That's an earned and well deserved kick in the ass.

I hope it hurts enough.

[lagomorph777]

22. Hey Moscow Mitch, let's just end all states bailing out other states.

Your effing red states will go back to the stone age in about 2 months.

[liberalmuse]

24. I think I love this man.

I'm loving that he is on tv almost every day countering the lies told by Trump/McConnell, the most dastardly villians this country has ever known. People tune into watch Cuomo, even Republicans. They are going to get the facts!

[Blue Owl]

28. The undertaker of democracy

n/t

[Buckeye_Democrat]

30. Thank you, Gov. Cuomo!

Fucking assholes and their pretentious independent-spirit fantasy world!

[DFW]

34. The ultimate irony

The "taker" states criticize the "giver" states for their generosity to "welfare queens," while their states are the biggest welfare queens of all.

Ask any Republican Senator if he is cool with THIS "balanced" budget suggestion: No state gets any more in revenue distribution from the federal government than it puts in. He'll call you a no good kommanist.

[Skittles]

35. PREACH IT GOVERNOR CUOMO

THERE ARE MAKERS AND THERE ARE TAKERS

[openthepodbaydoors]

40. McConnell should be more careful - he might not be re-elected.

McConnell may not realize it, but with his low approval ratings, he is by no means ensured of re-election.

There have been polls showing the race with Amy McGrath may be closer than many have expected.

KY-Sen: Two Polls Confirm A Toss-Up Race Between Amy McGrath (D) & Moscow Mitch (R)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/24/1921639/-KY-Sen-Two-Polls-Confirm-A-Toss-Up-Race-Between-Amy-McGrath-D-Moscow-Mitch-R

[Beartracks]

43. Touche' and too true. n/t

[Progressive Jones]

47. The Northern States have been carrying the majority of

the former Confederacy since 1865.
The Red States are the biggest Welfare Queens on the planet.