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Red states vs. Blue states: Who’s Winning? 

Red states have:
Conservative approach to government
Low taxes 
Tough on crime
Mass migration is to the red states and leaving the blue states. 
Small government
Job growth for the private sector.
Safer big cities
Prospering and economically doing well
Homelessness is dealt with

Blue states have:
Liberal left- progressive approach to government
Big gov
Mandatory union membership
High taxes, property, B & O tax, tax on the gross receipts of a business, not on it’s profit.
Many bureaucratic regulations
Job shrinkage in the private sector
High crime and murder rates in their cities
Seattle allowed the autonomous zone in the middle of the city…the first time in American history. 
Plague of homelessness & crime
Economically in meltdown and financially suffering

Migration:
It’s hard to measure the mass migration that took place in 2020 and so far in 2021. Most accurate data comes from moving companies.

Key Takeaways from the 2020 Migration Report

• People are fleeing California for Texas and Idaho
• The top five inbound states in 2020 are Idaho, Arizona, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina, with Tennessee overtaking South Carolina from the 2019 results.

Guns: 

• According to Guns & Ammo, it’s latest ranking  shows Idaho holding the number 2 spot for the most gun-friendly state in the nation, right behind Arizona. Washington ranked 38th on the list.

Here are the top 5 states with the highest rates of gun ownership:

1. Montana (66.30%)
2. Wyoming (66.20%)
3. Alaska (64.50%)
4. Idaho (60.10%)
5. West Virginia (58.50%)

IN WA, 

42% of citizens own guns. 

Crime:

WA and Idaho right next door to each other, so it's a good comparison. 

Idaho has a crime rate of  14% per 1000. Idaho the state with the third-lowest crime rate.

WA: 29% per 1000 residents is the violent and property crime rate. 

Things you can’t measure by data or statistically, but are just felt:

In the Blue states: There is a heaviness, people look ragged, people are stressed & living in fear. There is a hesitancy to greet people in public, & an avoidance of others in a grocery store isle. 

We’ve lost community, comriaderie, friendliness. 

In Idaho. …things not measurable by data....

People are happy, restaurants are full, people don’t look harassed,  & the malls are busy.

Huge difference of right over the border, if it was about a virus, then it wouldn’t be so different. If it was about a sickness, there would be uniformity of approach to the virus. 

Each person’s health is up to the individual, and as I said in my earlier podcast # 16, when I talked about the 4 levels of government, the individual is responsible of their own health. It’s not the government’s job to monitor my health, tell me what to do with my body, and monitor it, where to work, what to eat, where to go and give me advice about our health. 

But their are two issues going on here. 

One is how to keep healthy, and the other is about preserving our freedoms and liberties as a republic under the Constitution. 

Obviously a political difference. If it was about a virus, why is the southern border open?