An annual ritual: And the poorest states are...

So now is the time when I point out, again, how all the poorest U.S. states are in the South and vote Republican.  

Next comes the part where I remind you how 8 of the top 10 biggest welfare states -- those that take more from the federal budget than they pay in taxes -- vote Republican.

Then we argue about who is worse: those condescending, bi-coastal liberal elites who think they know what's best for everybody; or those hypocritical, poor reactionaries in Flyover Country who vote against their own economic interests.

Finally we agree to disagree and call a truce... until the next year's Census data comes out so we can do it all over again.

OK, let's get started!...

America's Poorest States

By Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Weigley, Brian Zajac and Alexander E. M. Hess 

September 23, 2012 | Huffington Post

URL: http://huff.to/Se8Suk