Manchin Passes, Now 50 Republican Senators Bear the Pressure of Denying Their States Much Needed Help
There are six states with one Republican and one Democratic Senators. I am including the independents and how they vote. Then, there are 24 states with both Republican Senators, and 24 with both Democratic Senators.
I don’t have the real numbers yet from more sophisticated analyses of how much of the Build Back Better (BBB) bill will come to their Republican states, and how much will come from Democratic States. But I can use older data to show how this works. The taxes that will pay for the aid are corporate taxes , though they could have been from several other tax methods on the rich, except for being rejected by Senators Manchin and Sinema. Of course, if the Republican Senators want the benefits, they have to vote to tax the rich, whom they not only protect at all cost, but they have also given them a two trillion dollar tax cut under Trump.
Purple States in the map below are those with one Republican and one Democratic Senators, including West Virginia. Maine has one Republican and one Independent who Caucuses with the Democrats, making up the sixth mixed state. The link is here.
Note that Senator Manchin’s West Virginia is third from last, and only 69% of the US average per capita GDP. The link to the charts is here.
Note that Senator Manchin’s West Virginia is last, and only 71% of the US average Median Household Income.
Note that Senator Manchin’s West Virginia is last, and at 20% only 64% of the average US College Graduation Rate of 31%.
Comparison of the Economics of Republican versus Democratic Congressional Districts from the Brookings Institute, from 2008 to 2018..
I think that the straight lines are just to guide the eye. The one-sixth of the Republican population who are seniors are going to be very concerned with the loss of benefits in the BBB bill. So are the 8% not getting a college education by comparison, and the 8% not becoming professionals by comparison. There is also the $8,000 loss in household income to Republicans by comparison.
