Quote Originally Posted by Lainey View Post
Garrison Keillor had a great opinion piece in the Washington Post: "When Red States get the Blues."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.37d013a1b046

They hate paying taxes (and in Houston's case, zoning laws) but they run to the federal government when disaster strikes.
It is a shame to see Mr. Keillor become such a croutchety old fart. Especially hypocritical is the pithy way he chides others for accepting national government disaster funds after he has spent nearly a half century sucking at the teat of government subsidy. He left out Californians who have settled on the San Andreas fault, Oklahomans who live in Tornando Alley and any state whose territory has coastal settlements.....like New Jersey (remember Sandy). Perhaps he could produce a map of acceptable locations and a prescription for proper politics. That would helpful. Or just retire to the mythical Lake Wobegon where perhaps the only charity needed is the delivery of a warm apple pie on a frost covered morning.