Tax Fairness Act of 2005 - End Geographic Welfare! (-Atrios?)

[scottxyz]

"I suggest the Democrats first major legislative proposal, complete with press conferences, laser show, hunger strike, whatever, is the "Tax Fairness Act of 2005." This Act would mandate that, within some reasonable margin of error, your state should get as much back from the feds as is sent to them in taxes. It's time to end this kind of geographic welfare!"

via stevegilliard.blogspot.com - who says he got it from atrios.blogspot.com
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2004/11/they-voted-for-this-mess.html

more analysis here:
http://groups.google.com.br/groups?q=%22geographic+welfare%22&hl=pt-BR&lr=&selm=418AE970.5040905%40hotmail.com&rnum=1

in the same vein - but BLISTERINGLY harsh:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/07/blue_state_to_reds/

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. I'm from CT so I am for it!!!

[tk2kewl]

2. could really help out the schools in NYC

with that much extra cash we could probably start turning out more kids with AP credits than we have dropouts now... kids could learn in classrooms instead of converted bathrooms

[Cary]

3. Take that Red states.

I believe Illinois would benefit.

[IronLionZion]

4. haha, like the Republicans would ever let that pass

Republicans are the party of wealth re-distribution...:wtf:

They want money from the blue states to keep going to the red states. Because Republicans are communists.


on edit: spelling

[tk2kewl]

5. they don't have to pass it

just let the country know who foots the bill and who doesnt. the fundies all get freaked out when they think their money will prevent some aids or crack baby from being born. maybe we ought to let more moderate folks know that reds are really pinkos

[Cary]

6. In fact lets make it retroactive for 30 years, with interest.

[burythehatchet]

7. Do it!!

Georgia would go broke in about 10 minutes.

[kwolf68]

8. Heh heh

I like this plan folks. Im in a Red State (Va), but do it ... purge the pipe.

[scottxyz]

9. Another comment on this

Think about it:

Tax Fairness Act of 2005.

How will the GOP counter THAT? How CAN they?

Answer: They CAN'T. They will howl and whine and try to imply that it's dirty pool, but if the Democrats hold firm -- and since most of the incumbent Democrats who lost last week were DINOs along the lines of Tom Daschle, this will be easier than we think -- we can use this legislation as a club to hammer over the GOP's collective heads.

Think about it: Does the GOP really want to come out publicly against tax fairness? And if we play our cards right, we could probably get some Cato-Institute rebel on our side, so we can look "bipartisan" and get blue-state Republicans like Specter on board. (If the religious right screws Specter out of his Judiciary Committee chairmanship, he'll be itching to do some payback on the red-state Fundies who screwed him.)

(from Anonymous in Comments at stevegilliard.blogspot.com)

[Cary]

10. The Register article is especially good. n/t

[mountainvue]

11. Anyone have the welfare state

map?

[MI Cherie]

12. This one?

Here's a tax redistribution list:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxingspending.html

[democratreformed]

17. Some of these don't exactly match the red-blue map. n/t

[girl gone mad]

13. It should be named..

"Tax Freedom Act"

[Miss Authoritiva]

14. Ain't that a kick in the wallet-area.

There's more, too. There are a good many countries that get more money from the US federal government than some states. Make that a double kick in the wallet-area.

[Cary]

15. I taken this argument for a test drive and I have to say

that it's really pissing them off.

What good that is, I don't know. But it is pissing them off.

[democratreformed]

16. I am ready and willing to suffer for our country.

If it will help, do it! We red-staters will take our due until the time comes.