"Wdtabor" wrote in message
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In article GmOCb.384252$ao4.1281670@attbi_s51, "Gary L. Drescher"
writes:

Those areas that produce more than they consume and pay more in taxes
than
they
receive in federal funds voted for Bush and those that suck at the
Federal
teat
voted for Gore.

Yeah right. Seattle, New York, Boston, most of New England, and the
coast
of California are notoriously unproductive areas. Why, the national
economy
would scarcely notice if those places just disappeared.

What economic activity those cities have is the result of their being
ports
that get their cut by shipping what the rest of the nation produces. They
produce very little and exist on banking, shipping and commerce of the
goods
grown and produced elsewhere.

Uh, right. Banking, shipping and commerce are not productive activities.
Unlike farming, those endeavors just take advantage of nearby natural
resources. And the New England and West Coast's computer industry and
biotechnology industry (and the massive educational infrastructure needed to
support high tech) are not productive or economically significant.

It's astonishing what lengths some folks go to in order to try to make
reality fit their worldview.

--Gary