Republican Welfare Queens

A study released today by the non-partisan Tax Foundation shows that the hard-working, tough-minded, self-reliant, so-called Red States are, in reality, mooching welfare states that receive much more money from the federal government that they send it.

The study splits the nation into "donor states" and "beneficiary states" based on how much money each state sends to the federal government and how much it receives.

13 of the top 15 "beneficiary states" (meaning the states that get more money from federal spending than they send as taxes) voted for Bush in 2004.

And what about the so-called Blue States? 13 of the 19 "donor states" (meaning states that send more money to the Feds than they receive) voted for Kerry. The top five "donor states" are New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Illinois -- Blue States all.