Ben Jabituya is totally pissed

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"California can barely run itself as a state.. why people think it could run itself as a country successfully is beyond me."

look at the numbers:

States Receiving Most in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:

1. D.C. ($6.17)

2. North Dakota ($2.03)

3. New Mexico ($1.89)

4. Mississippi ($1.84)

5. Alaska ($1.82)

6. West Virginia ($1.74)

7. Montana ($1.64)

8. Alabama ($1.61)

9. South Dakota ($1.59)

10. Arkansas ($1.53)

States Receiving Least in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:

1. New Jersey ($0.62)

2. Connecticut ($0.64)

3. New Hampshire ($0.68)

4. Nevada ($0.73)

5. Illinois ($0.77)

6. Minnesota ($0.77)

7. Colorado ($0.79)

8. Massachusetts ($0.79)

9. California ($0.81)

10. New York ($0.81)

the most recent estimates put California, if it were its own nation, as the 10th largest economy in the world. the rest of the union is bleeding us dry, we get only 81 cents to the dollar of our federal tax money back but we had the 6th highest tax burden last year. trust me, the rest of you assholes would be hurting pretty bad if cali decided to say 'piss off'.

"California is the world's fifth largest supplier of food and agriculture commodities..."

and yet:

"Agriculture accounts for just slightly over 2% of California's $1.55 trillion gross state product."

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So 1.162790697674418604651162790697... cable, sure; 5x not so much.

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how very American of you.

Why thank you - they have been threatening to deport me, so I have been practicing.

@bpapa9013:

50mbps is not 5x cable modem.

I had Comcast before I switched and visited bandwidth speed tests regularly, and I can guarantee you that when I switched to FiOS my sustained speed increased over five times. I recognize that cable companies have had to crank up their advertised speed these days, so I can not speak to the current state of the amazing cable modem "burst speed" (which, if we wanted to get into a geeky conversation, is not technically comparable to FiOS speeds) - but, I also understand that they are metering connections, too. So, I think saying it is five times faster than cable is actually being pretty generous.

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