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Rewritten from e-mail -
The Politics of Inequality
In case they missed this in their social studies class, your readers might be interested in some recent U.S. facts from Retro vs. Metro
based on dividing the United States into two major sections.
| The Northern Cost, the West Coast and the Great Lakes States | The South, the Great Plains, the Mountain West, and Appalachia |
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Pays 71% of federal taxes; 65% of population
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Pays 29% of federal taxes; 35% of population |
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In 10 years paid out far more in taxes than it got back from Washington
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In 10 years got far more in tax money from Washington than it paid in |
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235 Nobel Laureates in science and economics
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23 Nobel Laureates in science and economics |
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Majority do not believe Bible is literal word of God
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Majority do believe the Bible is the literal word of God |
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Economy primarily based on non-subsided manufacturing and services.
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Economy primarily based on subsidized extraction industries. Has majority of military installations |
