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This is the tale of a small Welsh town named Llantwit Major where locals enthusiastically embraced a scheme to bring migrants into their community,
but this did not turn out as well as they had hoped.

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D. Ray <d@ray> wrote in
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This is the tale of a small Welsh town named Llantwit Major where
locals enthusiastically embraced a scheme to bring migrants into their community, but this did not turn out as well as they had hoped.

PLEASE HELP TO SHARE THIS

<https://markacollett.substack.com/p/the-town-that-chose-to-commit-suic

EU gun crime stats - "irrelevant to America"

EU health care stats - "irrelevant to America"

EU life expectancy - "irrelevant to America"

EU educational standards - "irrelevant to America"

EU immigration amnesty - "watch out America, this
is just like what will happen to you"





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Why would anyone want to immigrate to a shithole like the
USA?

Americans are very light on skills and education.

A shithole in decline, Trump is driving the final nails in
the coffin.

You can blame white people for America's failure.


The USA can't even beat Iran in a war because the military
is full of queers like Hegseth who loves hard dicks in his
ass.




Southern whites are far lazier than niggers. Red States are
welfare
states.



MAGA AMERIKA IS A DRAG ON US ALL.

America's Southern Rightists are lazy and unproductive.
Here's proof:

Blue states contribute to the economy while red states are
welfare states.

Rightists die younger than leftists as well.

The GOP's Welfare States Problem: How Red America Drains
Blue America

by Richard Gosk | Sep 17, 2025 | Economy


California's economy is larger than the United Kingdom's.
New York sits at
the center of global finance. Massachusetts, Washington,
Oregon, and other
blue states collectively represent over 60% of America's
GDP. In short,
the engine that powers the United States economy is
overwhelmingly powered
by blue states.

And yet, the states most dependent on federal welfare,
subsidies, and tax
redistribution are overwhelmingly Republican. These states
drain resources
from the federal government while exerting disproportionate
political
influence over how it operates.

Top Three Takeaways from the Article:

Republican-led states are net takers - relying heavily on
federal dollars
to run their states that come mostly from blue state
taxpayers.

Political representation is skewed - giving resource-
draining red states
disproportionate power over national policy.

Blue states could push back - through interstate
coordination, selective
compliance, or even secession threats, forcing a reckoning
over who truly
sustains America.
Red States as Welfare States

Look at the numbers: states like Mississippi, West Virginia,
Alabama, and
Kentucky consistently receive far more in federal spending
than they
contribute in taxes. Mississippi receives about $2.13 in
federal money for
every $1 it sends to Washington. Meanwhile, states like
California and New
York send billions more to the federal government than they
get back.

This means that the so-called "fiscally conservative" states
are, in
reality, welfare states propped up by the wealth generated
in blue states.
Without blue state subsidies, many red state governments
would collapse
under the weight of their poverty rates, infrastructure
needs, and
healthcare costs.
Political Power Without Economic Weight

Despite their dependency, red states hold outsized political
power. The
Senate grants Wyoming's 580,000 residents the same
representation as
California's 39 million. The Electoral College system
compounds this
imbalance, handing disproportionate influence to rural
states that
contribute relatively little to national economic output.

In practice, this means red states that drain federal
resources wield veto
power over national policy. The states most reliant on
federal welfare
dollars are the ones most aggressively blocking climate
legislation,
healthcare reform, and education funding that the rest of
the country
desperately needs.


What Blue States Could Do

The imbalance raises a provocative question: what if blue
states stopped
playing along?

Blue states already experiment with interstate compacts,
such as climate
agreements formed when Trump pulled the U.S. out of the
Paris Accord. But
the options go much further:

Selective compliance with federal laws, much like
Northern states
resisted fugitive slave laws in the 1850s.

Irish Democracy-style passive resistance, where millions
quietly stop
cooperating with federal overreach.

Economic independence, with state-level initiatives in
healthcare,
immigration policy, and even currency.

If pushed far enough, some argue that blue states could even
explore the
possibility of secession, not as political theater but as a
credible
negotiating tactic. After all, Quebec nearly left Canada
twice, and each
time it forced major concessions.


The Harsh Truth

At the heart of the issue lies an uncomfortable reality: the
red state
vision of America - one of social conservatism, weak social
safety nets,
and corporate dominance - is subsidized by the very blue
states they
attack as "socialist."

The U.S. has two incompatible futures. One is a multi-ethnic
democracy
with robust public institutions. The other is a regressive,
exclusionary
system kept afloat only by federal redistribution. The
former is paying
for the latter - and sooner or later, blue states may decide
the cost is
too high.
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