Christie slams Rand Paul by accusing Kentucky of being a leech on the federal government [View all]

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I wish more Democrats would point this out about red states. They use more than their fair share of Federal money, it's certainly not just Kentucky.

“I find it interesting that Senator Paul is accusing us of having a gimme, gimme, gimme attitude toward federal spending when in fact New Jersey is a donor state, we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington,” Christie said. “And interestingly Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they sent to Washington.”

“So if Senator Paul wants to start looking at where he is going to cut spending to afford defense, maybe he should start looking at cutting the pork barrel spending he brings home to Kentucky at a $1.51 on every dollar and not look at New Jersey where we get 61 cents for every dollar,” he continued. “Maybe Senator Paul could deal with that when he is trying to deal with the reduction of spending on the federal side, but I doubt he would because most Washington politicians only care about bringing home the bacon so they can get reelected.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/30/christie-slams-rand-paul-by-accusing-kentucky-of-being-a-leech-on-the-federal-government/