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Square quite, fred. he keeps talking about debt and deficits and inflation, but his state benefits more than almost all other states from the federal government running deficits, depending on which list you look at, west virginia gets about $2 in federal spending for every $1 that it gives to the federal government in tax receipts. so his state is not a maker state, the way i put it in that piece. it's a taker state. so his position, i think it's very arguable and it's part of the ongoing debate about budgets and he has some valid points, but to make those points when your state is one of the ...

The general revenue that comes from federal aid, something like 4 45.8% coming from federal aid. cochran himself pulling in 754 earmarks that he sponsored. $2.6 million in federal fund in. there's a republican argument that is a horrible thing for those of us living in post-katrina gulf coast communities. that sounds like he was an effective representative. >> a lot of them were built with billions and billions of dollars of federal spending and pork over two generations. >> never mind the reconstruction dollars. they're a taker state. >> the entire state. the and only 37% of them are african-...