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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:01 PM Original message |
Third World Mississippi Shows the Failure of Conservative Policies |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mississippi got back $2.02 in federal spending for every dollar of federal tax paid (2005) |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. embracing the GOP's other value: hypocrisy |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. They need more bootstraps! |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Could some of the reasons that barbour did not run |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. and the fact that he is a former tobacco lobbyist |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mississippi used to fund itself largely through revenues from casino gambling |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It also has the lowest tax burden in the nation |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Precisely. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Things also ain't too pretty in many respects in near-by arch-conservative Texas |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Texas is basically Mississippi, but with oil and gas. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Failure of Conservative Policies"... there's been plenty of that |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And Mississippians keep voting them in |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. and therein is the problem |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. This past election |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd say their policies have been a thundering success |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I sure hope not. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. recommend |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. kick |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What is "kick" |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It's a way of giving the thread a "kick" back up to the top. |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. ah ok |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. and that's why I got the hell out of there. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. Kick. |
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