No surprise. West Virginia is the number 1 socialist state in America, receiving more handouts than any other. Yet the people, the beneficiaries of the federal handouts voted for those Republican politicians who want to cut out the handouts. Go Figure: #1 Most Socialist State – West Virginia - Expenditures as Proportion of GDP: 34.1% RED - And our winner for this years Lenin award is…WEST VIRGINIA! This most Appalachian of states has gone red in every presidential election since 2000. But that wasnt always the case; unions have long been a driving force in West Virginia, and its swing to the Red side has only been fairly recent. Locally, West Virginians tend to vote Blue; its at the Federal level where they fight back agin th gummint. That probably has something to do with the fact that most of the states economy is based on coal, and Big Coals been buying a lot of GOP lately. Its likely West Virginians vote federally to secure their energy and economic interests, but locally to secure their personal interests in terms of employment and government benefits. But you know the old corporate conservative motto: Socialism for us, capitalism for everyone else.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 16:33:56 +0000
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