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Thanks to Trump and MAGA, the USA is a slummy shithole.

The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has
exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in
every year from 2000 to 2020. Over this 21-year span, this Red State
murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red
state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state
murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020. Altogether, the
per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State
murder rate when all 21 years were combined. If Blue State murder
rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states
would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.
Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed,
overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than
Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18
of the 21 years observed.

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.
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