Beggars and Donors States

I heard a term today used by Charlie Crist I'd never heard before. He was talking about donor states. He said Florida was a "donor state" so I looked it up on the net. Here is what I found. Donor states are the states that give more to the economy than they get back. So I got that list of states. Then I got the Blue state vs Red state list.

I found the results interesting:

• There was only one Donor State that was Red (Voted Republican) and that was Texas (5%)
  
• 21 of the 22 Republican States were Beggar States (95%)
• 16 of the 28 Democrat States were Donor States (57%)
• 12 of the 28 Democrat States were Beggar States (43%)

Why is it the Republican Party and the Press always paint the Republicans as fiscally responsible and the Democrat party as tax and spend irresponsible politicians? How in this beautiful world do they get away with it?

It looks to me like the Republican Party is much like the irresponsible business leaders (they are not all irresponsible - you know who I'm talking about Merrill Lynch +.) Did the Republican Party do anything about the spending over the last 7 years?

President Obama can never be totally honest talking about the mess he inherited without hurting the small minded egos of the opposition party so why even try. Those Republicans who have the courage and wisdom to acknowledge the past will always be welcomed but they need to recognize they have no power left only the power to subvert the Obama efforts to save this economy. If they do subvert the effort they will lose the right to to be called patriots. The only weapon they have left is gridlock and filibuster.

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