Is the South Dragging the Rest of the Nation Down? | Alternet

Is the South Dragging the Rest of the Nation Down? | Alternet
"That leads to what is for me the single most baffling 21st century paradox about the South. The region, home to nine of the nation’s 10 poorest states, is rabidly against government spending, yet all of its states get far more in government subsidies than they give back in taxes"