We alaskans ARE more American. End of story,

Great argument, venichka! I see Palin's not the only intellectual heavyweight in Alaska.

Being an asshole doesn't make you more American. Sorry, that's just the facts. End of story.

And so consequently you should continue to get more American government welfare dollars to supplement your fiercely independent frontier existence?

fingerpuppet:

Being an asshole doesn't make you more American. Sorry, that's just the facts. End of story.

Hmm I'm not so sure about that...

What government welfare dollars do you mean?

Per capita spending was highest for Virginia ($14,277)

The three states with the highest per capita social security payments were West Virginia ($3,039), Pennsylvania ($2,581), and Alabama ($2,496).

-- Virginia led the states with the highest amount of defense procurement contracts, while California had the highest amount of procurement contracts for other federal agencies. -- California led the states with the highest amount of federal government civilian employee salaries and wages, while Virginia had the highest amount of Department of Defense and California led in the Postal Service. I suggest you verify your facts. Alaska may have a high per-capita federal spending ratio, but we also have very few people and a few military bases. Get over it. Source: <link>

madchickenlittle:

... -- California led the states with the highest amount of federal government civilian employee salaries and wages, ....California led in the Postal Service. ...

Typical right wing half truths.

California is the most populous state of the union. Of course it would have the highest spending of federal civillain employees and postal service. That's why we need to look at these statistics using a per-capita measure.