Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

On average, residents of KY receive $14K more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes — making the state the nation's #1 welfare recipient 2/ https://t.co/o1Gvy3ooRR — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 10, 2021

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Joe Biden having some fun ridiculing McConnell for boasting about aid he tried to block; but it's worse than that 1/ https://t.co/HaOE33MQEy — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 10, 2021

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Mainly, that's bc KY is relatively poor, so pays little in taxes, and has high disability rates, meaning relatively high benefits from Social Security and spending by Medicare/Medicaid. So it's govt programs doing what they're supposed to 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 10, 2021