Obama's Quiet War on Red States

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/obamas_quiet_war_on_red_states.html

"For liberals, the success of red states like Texas and Utah is immaterial. Liberals view the inadequacy of welfare-statism, lighter business regulations, open shops, and lower taxes in red states as injustices -- injustices that need to be rectified through national government action."
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"Some liberals actually concede that blue states are falling behind red states economically. But what these liberals offer are not confessions of big-government failure, but excuses for big government. "Excuse Liberals" argue that their states have large cities with many immigrants, minorities, and poor. Their citizens expect and demand more government services. Public schools come with hefty price tags, and every child deserves quality public education. Big government, whatever its drawbacks, is flat-out necessary."

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Instead of "progressive" Democrats looking to other Western developed nations for solutions to social and economic problems, all they have to do is look at the reasons why Red States fare better than Blue States.