Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Why have these transfers grown? As I said, I'm not sure I trust the data comparison. But the growth of Medicaid, on one side, and the rising incomes and hence tax payments of the 0.1% – who tend to live in Manhattan, not Louisville – probably explain it 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 28, 2019 Hibernated

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I mean, Mitch McConnell's Kentucky gets a net federal inflow of 20% of state GDP, paid for by places like New York and New Jersey. KY is as much a ward of the national government as East Germany or Southern Italy 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 28, 2019 Hibernated

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Two morals: we really do have a political system in which regions bite the hand that feeds them; reversing regional decline is hard, because we already provide lots of de facto aid to declining regions, and it doesn't stop the decline 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 28, 2019 Hibernated