Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Rand Paul, both from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, represent one of the poorest states in the Union, and yet both are believers in limited government and talk about balancing the budget no matter how much it hurts their own constituents.
But in actual fact, despite their rhetoric, Kentucky is a leading “welfare” state!
According to the conservative Tax Foundation, Kentucky gains back $1.51 for every dollar they send to the US government! Other so called “conservative” states also receive much more back than they contribute.
Imagine this: it is the “blue” states, that are accused of reckless budgets, who actually are cheated by the US government!
For instance, California gets back only 81 cents for every dollar sent to the national government, while Illinois gets 75 cents, New York gets 79 cents, and Connecticut even less with only 69 cents!
So the ‘blue” states are cheated in favor of the “red” states, even though they claim to be against welfare and handouts!
If it was not for the wealthier states contributing to Kentucky and other Southern and Western states that are poorer, those “red” states would be even worse off than they are!
But at the least, could we not expect Senators McConnell and Paul to be more honest and admit that they do truly believe in welfare and handouts, as long as their residents are not paying for it?
Anything less is HYPOCRISY! So what is new? 🙁