Comment Re:Guy saves you from becoming Illinois (Score 1) 22
We already know that on the national level it does not parse out the way you want it to; the states with the highest ratio of (money back from the federal government) : (money paid to federal government in taxes) are all in the south where people are bitching that the federal government is holding them down.
Wealth of Congress Jumps $150 Million. This link substantially refutes your assertion about the South => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States
You're technically correct, in that the DC Metro area is below the Mason-Dixon line. Yeah, it's the South, but don't kid yourself: this is the Progressive Plantation House. Precious little agriculture afoot, though. Oh, who cares: keep kidding yourself. You do it so well.