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Excellent food for thought. Here's an idea: Keep our revenues here and don't send so much to a bloated and very inefficient federal government.

If the feds send us $10 it probably cost $20 in overhead, i.e. $30 yields $10 return on investment.

DJT plans to cut the boated federal government and thus the deep state wants him dead.

1:02 - You're painfully unaware of the money Mississippi receives from the feds in comparison to the amount the state sends to the federal government.

You still runnin' them maypops on that dually with the Yeti cooler chained down in back?

July 14, 2024 at 3:06 PM, you're still flopping those gums about what Mississippi collects from the U.S. government? The two statements below are from the article. The state ain't on the bottom of this one.

Oh, I forgot to tell you, I traded the dually for a new 5 series BMW. You should come around more often.

South Carolina gets 51.5% of its total revenues from federal sources,

Mississippi, gets 45.2% of total revenues from federal sources,

I'm hoping Trump cuts that number by half, to 22% of revenues from Uncle Sugar.

July 14, 2024 at 10:41 PM, you probably hope to see a unicorn someday, don't you. You also don't math so well, do you. Half of 45.2 would be 22.6.

I live in Texas and pay no state income tax, however, my property taxes are more than triple what I paid in Mississippi. In addition, they re-assess my property value every single year, so my property taxes continue to go up yearly. Be careful what you wish for.

Absolutely loved this story. For once, someone is trying to report the truth. Mississippi’s main economic business is the federal government. We are at 45.2%. This number is going to grow exponentially in the next 10 years just with the current laws in place. No new expansion laws are needed. If we pass those, get ready for a higher increase. Our politicians need a dependent group so they can retain their power. Mississippians readily accept their kings to rule them. Staying the course creates the same results. Then the politician starts feeling all his power and throws the dependent class a bone (promise) and they readily accept it. Politician is elevated as king. The dependent class gets more money that is not intended to help but to get them to shut up and comply. After a few years, the dependent class gets restless and the politician throws another bone. Until Mississippians want to educate themselves and help themselves, this cycle will continue. We are #50 in this nation for a reason, we want and like to be the bottom of the barrel. I believe we and the rest of the world call it “the club” or “the good ole boys”.

Is that Chris McDaniel at 10:41pm? Yeah, let’s tell the U.S. government that we don’t need federal funds here in Mississippi. We are so damn rich, we can pave our own roads, repair our own bridges, etc. Federal dollars? We don’t need no stinking federal dollars!

I've always heard about this "Club" and "the good ol' boys." I never hear any names, though. Why is it that these edgy folk snarkily snarking about this "Club" and "the good ol' boys" are so chickenshit that they don't name the names? Tits or GTFO.

Calm down 9:25am. If a stone is hurled into a pack of dags, the one that yelps is the one it hit.

Mississippi is dead last because it’s a poor state. There’s damn little to tax, we are not prosperous. Go to Greenville SC and see the businesses there. They need and employ hightly skilled and educated labor, and the state is providing that, and above all providing a nice quality of life that attracts people.

Tater’s doing the best he can getting jobs to the state, but few are of the breadth of Greenville’s. It will take two to three more generations for this state to emerge from this prosperity crisis. The quality of life here is good if your lucky enough to get a good paying job, and shop for your finery in Memphis or Birmingham, or on-line.