[Occupymendocino] As you might think, the "Blue" states subsidize the "Red" ones...

[Mark Safron]

…as some have suggested, let them succeed.

The people that, "Did it on their own," didn't. 
It turns out that, "We, the people," built that.

http://visualizingeconomics.com/blog/2010/02/17/federal-taxes-paidreceived-for-each-state