Republican One-Party Dominance in Red States Has Kept Them Mired in the Past, Made them Dependent, & Kept Them Uneducated and Unskilled
The dominance of the Republican party in the South and the lack of competition has allowed the South to stagnate. It is time for a new message. It is time for the South to leave its past and move toward a positive future. Its time for Democrats to forget Republican-framed “identity” politics and send a message of “opportunity for all” because the facts show that the decades of Republican rule in Red states has placed those states at the bottom. It is time for change. It is time for a Red state revolution. It is time for the Red states to realize what Republican rule has done for them and to move out of their past. It is time for Red states to get rid of the Republicans who have been keeping them down and dependent.
Republican Rule Has Created Taxpayer Dependent Red States
Red states are the most dependent upon “big government.” The overwhelming majority of the top state recipients of federal taxpayer money are Red states. In fact, the overwhelming majority of Blue states pay more in federal tax dollars than they get back and the overwhelming majority of Red states get more in federal tax money than they pay.
Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky is a prime example. For every $1 Kentucky pays in taxes, it gets back $2.41 in federal taxpayer money. In fact, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana rely on the federal government for more than 40% of their state revenue. By contrast, Blue states like Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York get the lowest percentage of federal money and pay far more in federal taxes than they get back.
Red states are responsible for much of our federal budget deficit. Red states are consistently taking more in federal money than they pay in. Decades of Republican dominance in Red states have left those states dependent on our tax money.
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Red States Have the Highest Percentage of People on Disability
The top 5 states with people on disability are Red states. Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, and West Virginia have the highest number of people on federal disability.
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Red States Have the Lowest Labor Force Participation Rates
9 of the top 10 states with the lowest labor force participation rates are Red states, including, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, West Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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Red States Are the Poorest
Red states are the overwhelming poorest states in the country with the highest poverty rates. Mississippi (19.8%), Louisiana (18.7%), West Virginia (17.4%), Arkansas (16.8%), North Carolina 14.1%), Alabama (16.8%), Kentucky (16.7%), Texas (14.9%), Florida (13.7%), South Carolina (15.2%), Oklahoma (15.5%), and Tennessee (15.2%) all have incredibly high poverty rates. With the exception of New Mexico with its impoverished Native American population, all of the top 10 highest poverty rate states are Red states.
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Red States Have the Least Educated Populations
Red states consistently rank at the bottom of education. Red states make up the overwhelming majority of the worst states for education in our country, including these states who rank at the bottom: Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Mississippi. Red states also have the least number of college degrees. What has decades of Republican dominance in those states done? Kept them at the bottom.
By contrast the top 10 most educated states are overwhelmingly Blue states, including, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, Vermont, Connecticut, Virginia, Washington New Jersey, and Minnesota.
Why is this important? Higher education levels mean jobs and higher incomes. An educated population means that businesses are created, entrepreneurs are born, and businesses will settle in your state to hire your educated population. What happens if you don’t make sure your population is educated? They end up dependent on federal taxpayer money. Decades of Republican dominance and platforms based on low taxes, God, guns, and patriotism has left Red states at the bottom.
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Red States Have the Least Healthy Populations & Worst Healthcare Systems
The overwhelming majority of states with the least healthy populations are Red states. The states with the least healthy populations were Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The 14 of the 15 top healthiest states are Blue states and at the top are: Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Rhode Island, New Jersey, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Colorado, New York, Wisconsin, Delaware, and Vermont. Utah was the only state to break into the top 15, which was likely due to its large Mormon population, many of whom do not drink, smoke, or use caffeine. In terms of healthiest regions, the Blue Northeast is the healthiest and the Red south is the least healthiest. They have high rates of obesity, smoking, mental and physical distress, and low birthweight.
The bottom 10 states with the worst healthcare systems are all Red states: Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, and Alaska. Residents of Texas are six times more likely to be without healthcare than residents of Massachusetts. Georgia has the worst child immunization rate in the country.
4 of the top 5 highest average insurance monthly premiums are Red states: Nebraska, Iowa, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The states with the highest infant mortality rate are Red states: West Virginia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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It Is Time for A Red State Revolution!
Decades of Republican dominance in Red states has not yielded results. They have made Red states a drain on our federal government. Republican policies of the past have kept Red states down. Now is the time for change. Republican dominance and the lack of competition for your vote has failed to produce policies that can bring Red states into the future.
It is time to blow open Republican mythology about who is the drain on our federal government. Republicans are the party of the past. No more feeding into Republican-framed identity politics of the past. Democrats are the real party of opportunity — “opportunity for all.”
We need to take this message to Georgia. Blow open Republican mythology. Republican policies have kept them in the past. They can move forward with Blue and “opportunities for all” or stay mired down in the past with Red.
Why Is Anyone Allowing Our National Policy to Be Formed By This? Here is the Record of Red State Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky:
Kentucky Ranks at the Top of Federal Taxpayer Dependency
Mitch McConnell has created a state that is entirely dependent upon our taxpayer money. He has created a taker mentality in Kentucky. The Blue states pay the most in federal taxpayer money and his Red state pays less in federal taxes than it takes. Kentucky is at the top of the taker list. Blue states have been subsidizing his poorly run state for decades. For every $1 Kentucky pays in taxes, it gets back $2.41 in federal taxpayer money. The whole reason why we have a budget deficit is because the federal government is paying out more than it takes in and Red states like Kentucky are the problem.
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Kentucky Ranks at the Top of People on Federal Disability
Kentucky ranks in the very top of the country (second highest in the nation) of people on permanent disability. In 2015, 1 in every 9 residents in Kentucky are on permanent disability which amounted to 11.2 percent of Kentucky citizens. Disability has become the new welfare and we are all paying federal taxes to allow Kentuckians claim disability.
Kentucky Ranks at the Top for Opioid Addiction
Kentucky ranks at the very top of the country in opioid addiction. Kentucky has an incredible amount of opioid prescriptions per 100 people, 79.5 prescriptions per 100 people, which is in the top 3 nationally and they are in the top 10 nationally for opioid overdoses.
Kentucky Ranks at the Bottom for Education
Kentucky ranks overall 45 our of 50 states for education. Kentucky ranks 47th in states for percentage of adults with college degrees. Kentucky ranks 47th among states for adults with associate degrees. The lack of education affects the kinds of jobs people can get, the income they earn, and whether businesses will set up in your state. Businesses want an educated population. Decades of Mitch McConnell have left Kentucky federally dependent, uneducated, and opioid addicted.
Kentucky Ranks at the Bottom of Skilled Workers
Kentucky businesses say that they cannot find enough skilled and trained workers in their own state. Kentucky estimates that there are over 115,000 available jobs in Kentucky that can’t be filled because Kentucky lacks a skilled and trained workforce. This also means that businesses don’t set up in Kentucky because they lack a skilled and trained workforce.
Decades of Mitch McConnell Running Kentucky Has Kept Kentucky at the Bottom
Decades of Mitch McConnell rule has produced a state more and more dependent on our taxpayer dollar. A state with people on disability, opioid addicted, uneducated, and unskilled. Why in the world would we want this person shaping our national policy? What he is really doing is ensuring a steady stream of federal money to prop up his state.
Republicans have been so distracted by hating Democrats for so long, they have failed to see the failure of the Republican party principles right under their noses.
Time for a Red state Revolution! Moving beyond the past and to opportunity for all!
Time to Re-Brand Democrats
Republicans are constantly rebranding and reframing. Remember after the financial and housing collapse after 8 years of Republican dominance, they rebranded as the Tea Party. Whenever Republicans fail, they just rebrand to bring supporters back: Tea Party and now Trump Nationalism. Democrats need their own version of a Tea Party.
We need to rebrand within the party and reframe the issues. Any thoughts on what our version of the Democrat Tea Party should be?
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