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jeff47

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10. Actually, if you're in CA, most of your food comes from CA.

Reply to former9thward (Reply #9)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 03:08 PM

Feb 2012

And most of Southern CA's water now comes from Northern CA, since AZ tapped the Colorado River upstream from CA.

As for power, CA's paying handsomely for that. So that's not being a parasite either.

The idea here is to weaken the propaganda that allows the 1% to keep the general public in line. That propaganda says the "red" states are bad since they're mooching off the "blue" states. Since people don't want to believe they're bad, that weakens the propaganda.

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Ayn Rand Worshippers Should Face Facts: Blue States Are the Providers, Red States Are the Parasites [View all] abelenkpe Feb 2012 OP

The people who worship Ayn Rand Drale Feb 2012 #1

K&R DJ13 Feb 2012 #2

Maybe our schools in CA would be as good as they used to be tularetom Feb 2012 #3

About $40-50 BILLION a year in Fed taxes paid by Californians gets redistributed to other states. stopbush Feb 2012 #11

The don't teach that in schools. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #21

Try to tell them that though libtodeath Feb 2012 #4

OK, I wholeheartedly agree with the purpose and premise of this argument ... ParkieDem Feb 2012 #5

wasn't it, oddly enough, a CONSERVATIVE GROUP who first pointed out that most of the zbdent Feb 2012 #6

Yet another attempt to divide the 99%. former9thward Feb 2012 #7

It is those who follow Ayn Rand abelenkpe Feb 2012 #8

You are just throwing Rand's name out there to give you cover to divide. former9thward Feb 2012 #9

Actually, if you're in CA, most of your food comes from CA. jeff47 Feb 2012 #10

I'm doing nothing of the sort abelenkpe Feb 2012 #12

you are insane fascisthunter Feb 2012 #17

Given your past history that is a compliment. former9thward Feb 2012 #18

Oh please. white_wolf Feb 2012 #13

Oh please. No one is supporting Rand. former9thward Feb 2012 #15

Best summary of Ayn Rand DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #14

you are asking insane people to acknowledge reality fascisthunter Feb 2012 #16

Third: Don't come crawling to us to support those kids you couldn't afford to have napoleon_in_rags Mar 2012 #19

k&r DesertRat Mar 2012 #20