You know what I think they should do, they should shrug. Just leave and see how we "could possibly go on without them!"
I'd pay to watch that happen!

Marxists are nothing without class warfare. They set up straw men, proceed to beat them, and pronounce themselves victorious. They would be laughable if they weren't so destructive.

Sara Robinson - You have convinced us! Please now go do what you said. Even if it leaves us unprepared and trying to clean up the fallen house of cards that is a century in the making. Just do it! Let the cards fall as they may.

It will be better in the long run.

Jan

The thing that no one has noticed is how, regardless of red or blue or purple, the average paid out in benefits exceeds that paid in taxes. WTF!

I have a number of problems with this map. For instance, Virginia is shown as a net producer, but half that state is on the federal payroll. The same can be said of Maryland. I do not consider any federal employees producers and neither did Ayn Rand.
Also note that New Mexico and Michigan is a blue state and it receives some of the most net benefits.

I think this chart is cherry picking and I call BULL SHIT.

I'd be happy to see all the states at $1 or less leave and take the Dark Center with them.
Those companies and organizations in NYC, Boston, DC, etc must cease to do business in the 'Red' states immediately. This includes the EPA, IRS, BATF, FBI, CIA, NSA,etc.
Somehow I think all the TBTF banks will immediately fail, and Wall St will have 1/4 the people to steal from. With DC gone and competition again in banking and finance in the "Red" states the free market may have a chance again.
Go Galt, you thieving bastards.

After I was done reading this North Korea-style puke, I could not help noticing that the socialists are now attempting to hijack another descriptive term and destroy it. Just like they hijacked "liberal" and "democratic," they are now trying to destroy "Objectivism" with "Progressive Objectivism." Never mind that it is a meaningless oxymoron; the purpose is to confuse and destroy. Don't let the parasites have this one.

The author is absolutely NOT a moron. She is misguided, and perhaps evil in using data to manipulate the masses. Unless we just want to shrug, we need to learn to illustrate the facts to prove our point.
We need to unwind her arguments and wipe out her credibility.

The first major assumption she makes is that red states are supporters of Rand. Red is republican, and the platform of that party is not equivalent to Ayn Rand's, either fiscal or social. As often as not these states are stronger supporters of social conservatism than fiscal conservatism.
Another key point is these benefits are the result of years of legislation, not an instant. Go back and redraw this map in 2008-9, and lets see what it shows.
Then what are the actual constituents of "payments"? I notice Indian costs are in, but it appears roads, military bases, payments to defense contractors, grants, renewable subsidies... and all other costs of government are missing. for example, we all know Obama-friendly states, like Massachusetts, got inconsistently high sums from the stimulus fund.

I know there are many more. This is the fight. They are good at it. We have to get better! The fact that Ayn is coming up in the news more than ever is a clear indication these manipulators of the masses are scared.

Like all moochers in every argument point out, immediately going to the precept of A.R.'s philosophy would be a disaster. What they fail to point out is that it is not possible to undo over 100 years of the erosion of freedom by Progressives in an instant. If Objectivism were actually put in place, it would be necessary to dismantle their "work" bit by bit like scraping barnacles off a boat. Like a boat, once the barnacles are gone, you can see the functional beauty underneath.

The few producers that are left(and it would be hard to leave the beauty of most of the Blue States) are getting tired of footing the bill for everyone.

That was incredible. How do you reason with someone like this? An absolute moron.

Well, maybe if the blues are stupid enough to give more of their money to the Feds to redistribute, they should be glad it's going to people that can do something with it.

What a total nonsense divergence from reality!

I think there is some progressive number fudging going on with this.

Again, an example of a progressive spouting off information based on their skewed perceptions. What this dolt does not realize is that like others who used the GI Bill, I had to contribute $100/month for the first year of my enlistment. $100/month is a lot for a mere private making only $500/month (late 1980s dollars).

The progs are in charge of printing money forget that the wealth they create is debt to those working for ours. I wager Sara has the tens of millions on welfare food stamps thrilled to hear how they are the true producers.

Had to read it twice. I'm still blinking in disbelief. It's too frightening to read a third time.

OK, the north is supreme so says this self appointed guru. Let's take him up on his offer, let's quit taking money from the "producers". I propose that the red states quit paying federal taxes of all kinds and the blues can do what they want with their money. I also propose a return to states rights where each state can impose it own taxes if it so desires. Something must be wrong with the system if every child in Alabama is so warped and undereducated to the quality of the northern schools. Let's also have two currencies, the north can keep their US dollars and the red states can print their dollars called US Red Dollars. Let the market pace decide which has more value. Surely we ignorant res staters have no chance and therefore how could they possibly turn this down? They are so used to cramming their utopian way of thinking down our throats that they can't see the misery that they have inflicted on people. It funny how most all of the big northern cities are imploding because of debt and they are all run by democrats. Well we red staters say keep your money and we'll be glad to have our rights back that they have stolen from us.

Interesting that the author NEVER mentions that the "tax base" is being stolen from them through force...
As I told a friend if mine: "Tell them that we will do just fine without them...they won't be able to eat without us!"

If lefties want to "go Galt", they'll have to enact the same kinds of measures we would, namely, they'll have to reduce or take away the feds' ability to transfer money from one state to another. Let them go on thinking it will hurt us. The more they do it, the better.

Wow! I'm fascinated and shocked that there are Progressives out there who actually think that they can take credit for being "Producers." They are actually more like the Wesley Mouch and Jim Taggarts of the world. I have always worn many hats, many years ago when I was an aspiring Front-Man Lead Singer for a Rock'n'Roll band, I wrote a song called S.O.S. (Strike on Society) which really fits in with the idea of Producers just Shrugging on everyone. In reality, its just Lyrics because I was never able to master the Guitar to be able to put music to them, and I was eventually kicked out of my own Rock Band shortly after we performed a cover of Motley Crue's "She's Got the Looks that Kill" at our High School Talent Show because I really could not sing at, just yell and scream at the top of my lungs. (But it sounded good anyway just because our two guitarists and our drummer was highly talented.) I ended up becoming a successfull Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and have had the opportunity to serve as an Advisor and Right-Hand Man to many different Producers throughout my career. I also serve as volunteer Treasurer/Bookkeeper for the Tea Party Patriot/Christian-Faith-based group Founders Values that seeks to educate the public on the values of the Founding Fathers such as George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson and Constitutional Values and restore them to the Public Interest. and Consiousness. In my free time I am working on inventing the Prototype for a Family Board Game which I have shared with the Leadership Team at Founders Values.

Texas not a blue State but I would encourage the Blue States to withhold their Federal taxes and keep them for themselves. The Red States will withhold their fossil fuels.

They're basing that on income-tax outflows v. total federal expenditures. But there would be ways of making up any shortfall. Ways consistent with liberty.

I couldn't make it past the fist line *cringes*
There is something seriosly wrong with the world

WTF??!!

Excellent article .. if You Love SATIRE!!! However, I don't think the Looters believe that this is ...Satire!!