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Old December 16th, 2003, 09:19 PM
Miguel Cruz
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127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 wrote:
B wrote:
Look, don't fool yourself. If New York City were to vanish tomorrow,
Connecticut and New Jersey would soon have the economy of Nebraska.


1. nonsense
2. exactly what would be wrong with that?


New Jersey and Connecticut are currently about the richest states in the
country. Nebraska isn't.

3. why should people outside NYC support NYC?


They don't. NYC is a huge net contributor to the federal budget. That money
then goes out to the hinterlands.

miguel
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