The whole "the south gets more federal money than they pay" disregards the distribution of that money. There are a lot more working/middle class folks in the south that don't see a penny of that money than those who do. They don't generally earn as much as the northerners so they don't pay as much in taxes but that serves to skew the pay/receive dynamic all the more.
I think much of this confusion is due to the above as well as the live free or die ethos. But some of it is due to manipulation of decent people to obfuscate high-level power arrangements. People have been propagandized against the lower level "takers" but they are waking up, finally, to the high level takers who are responsible for the destruction of our industry and high inflation.
It's all rather complicated and simple explanations are propounded by people in the pundit class like Richardson.
I think there WAS a lot of interest in getting away from authorities. Also in just having enough room to start a farm or just get away from people. I think I mentioned Patricia Limerick as well. She had some really interesting things to say about the west (especially mining) and corporations.
The whole "the south gets more federal money than they pay" disregards the distribution of that money. There are a lot more working/middle class folks in the south that don't see a penny of that money than those who do. They don't generally earn as much as the northerners so they don't pay as much in taxes but that serves to skew the pay/receive dynamic all the more.
I think much of this confusion is due to the above as well as the live free or die ethos. But some of it is due to manipulation of decent people to obfuscate high-level power arrangements. People have been propagandized against the lower level "takers" but they are waking up, finally, to the high level takers who are responsible for the destruction of our industry and high inflation.
It's all rather complicated and simple explanations are propounded by people in the pundit class like Richardson.
I think there WAS a lot of interest in getting away from authorities. Also in just having enough room to start a farm or just get away from people. I think I mentioned Patricia Limerick as well. She had some really interesting things to say about the west (especially mining) and corporations.