Tuesday, December 21, 2010

BloggeRhythms 12/21/2010

There's little doubt that citizens are sending loud and clear signals about their desires and preferences to Washington. Yet it seems those signals are being heard everywhere but DC. And you'd think, especially after the last election's results, folks inside the beltway would listen, but they don't.

What the election demonstrated was, that voters want smaller government, less interference, and especially...lower taxes. Nonetheless, particular factions almost caused a government shutdown (although I don't really have a problem with government closing down, hopefully completely) and forced enactment of measures to keep it working until March, because they couldn't agree on exactly how much much money to steal for perks and special interests.

But, if the election wasn't enough to demonstrate how fed up folks are with incumbent politicians, the results of this year's census have begun to be released. And what the numbers show, tells us a couple of things. First of all, the population now stands at at 308,745,538, a 9.7 percent increase from ten years ago, although the growth rate was slower than ever before.

But, it's interesting as to how the demographics are changing. Growth in the South and West averaged about 14 percent, with states in those regions set to gain the most additional representation in Congress. Texas, will gain four, Florida two, and Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah and Washington one each.

A seat was lost in Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. New York and Ohio, lost two.

Representative Patrick McHenry, North Carolina, said the migration patterns show the Rust Belt is losing out to the Sun Belt because of better state and local opportunities and, "It is no coincidence that the states gaining population the fastest over the last 10 years have lower tax rates and, consequently, stronger economies. As states draw new congressional districts to reflect this shift, we will certainly see more Republicans in the U.S. House."

So here we see another confirmation of the message, this one very loud and clear. Folks are fed up with big government, spending and taxes and will uproot themselves if that's what it takes to get out from under. And between voting out those who tax and spend and moving to to other parts of the nation, the next census may show that the only city left with any high taxation will be DC itself.

That's it for today folks.

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