first few pages are crap
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Heres a story![^] I'd like to see more posts by people who can look at data & think, rather than illion and css-man. Had to go to pages 3 & 4 today to find anything worth browsing
Man, what the hell's going on in New Mexico?!? $2 in for each $1 out most of the time. DC is $5 - $6 per $1?!??! :omg: Well, that makes sense. :laugh: Just a thought... Normally I wouldn't suggest such a thing, but I think Hawaii is a special case. If you can't afford to live in Hawaii, you shouldn't be allowed to... It's Hawaii!
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Heres a story![^] I'd like to see more posts by people who can look at data & think, rather than illion and css-man. Had to go to pages 3 & 4 today to find anything worth browsing
Nothing in there is too surprising. Taxes paid are to some extent controlled by the cost of living in a state. South Carolina where I live now has a COL about 2/3rds of Massachusetts where I used to live. That's reflected in the salaries paid - $50,000 is a very legitimate wage down here, except perhaps in Charleston. But a fair amount of the block grants made to the States are made on a per capita basis with no recognition of the difference in COL.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
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Heres a story![^] I'd like to see more posts by people who can look at data & think, rather than illion and css-man. Had to go to pages 3 & 4 today to find anything worth browsing
I thought you didn't care how the federal government spends our money that we give freely? Are you complaining about how it is spent? hmmmmm?[^]
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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Man, what the hell's going on in New Mexico?!? $2 in for each $1 out most of the time. DC is $5 - $6 per $1?!??! :omg: Well, that makes sense. :laugh: Just a thought... Normally I wouldn't suggest such a thing, but I think Hawaii is a special case. If you can't afford to live in Hawaii, you shouldn't be allowed to... It's Hawaii!
Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.
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Man, what the hell's going on in New Mexico?!? $2 in for each $1 out most of the time
Lots of Amerinds om reservations.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
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Nothing in there is too surprising. Taxes paid are to some extent controlled by the cost of living in a state. South Carolina where I live now has a COL about 2/3rds of Massachusetts where I used to live. That's reflected in the salaries paid - $50,000 is a very legitimate wage down here, except perhaps in Charleston. But a fair amount of the block grants made to the States are made on a per capita basis with no recognition of the difference in COL.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
How far are you from Hilton Head? We recently purchased some commercial property there. I keep trying to get out to visit more than once a year but it's just been crazy busy this last year or so.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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How far are you from Hilton Head? We recently purchased some commercial property there. I keep trying to get out to visit more than once a year but it's just been crazy busy this last year or so.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
A fair distance - I'm way west of there - relatively close (50 mi) to Charlotte.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.
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Man, what the hell's going on in New Mexico?!? $2 in for each $1 out most of the time. DC is $5 - $6 per $1?!??! :omg: Well, that makes sense. :laugh: Just a thought... Normally I wouldn't suggest such a thing, but I think Hawaii is a special case. If you can't afford to live in Hawaii, you shouldn't be allowed to... It's Hawaii!
Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.
Low population states almost always get more per capita. A combination several factors. Their senators have as much influence as those from populous states. Military bases and highways are both major cash cows. The former tend to be in low populated states where land is cheap and their training won't bother other people. Interstates/major highways need to be maintained for the full longhaul traffic load to be a national asset even though the percentage of local traffic on the roads is much lower than around large cities.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Low population states almost always get more per capita. A combination several factors. Their senators have as much influence as those from populous states. Military bases and highways are both major cash cows. The former tend to be in low populated states where land is cheap and their training won't bother other people. Interstates/major highways need to be maintained for the full longhaul traffic load to be a national asset even though the percentage of local traffic on the roads is much lower than around large cities.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
That makes sense.
Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.
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Heres a story![^] I'd like to see more posts by people who can look at data & think, rather than illion and css-man. Had to go to pages 3 & 4 today to find anything worth browsing
Maybe I did't read too carefully, but how is 'federal spending recieved' defined? Is that all federal funds reaching a state for all purposes? Does it include, for example, social security, militar bases, welfare payment, etc? Or is this just federal money given directly to the state itself for various other purposes? The other question is why would those states paying more than they recieve wish to stay in a union with other states that are perpetually receiving more than they pay back?
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
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I thought you didn't care how the federal government spends our money that we give freely? Are you complaining about how it is spent? hmmmmm?[^]
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?