Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

All I said was that KY should acknowledge that it benefits from a transfer union in which richer states subsidize poorer — as they should! Btw, I did a scatterplot on this a couple of years back 3/ https://t.co/k7qdYzYb1L — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 17, 2021

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The odd thing was that I didn't say anything negative about the people of Kentucky (as opposed to their politicians), or assert in any way that they were responsible for their state's problems. I just pointed out the arithmetic 2/ https://t.co/PoLNXZ8vNL — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 17, 2021

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But there's a wild double standard in US regional discourse: it's apparently OK to rag on about the decadence of cities, but to even mention the math of federal transfers to rural areas is an un-American attack on heartland values 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 17, 2021