Not sure what your point is since half the top ten states your article listed are blue and the other half are red. Plus if you spell paychecks as 'paycheques", I have to wonder if you're even a US citizen that voted.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285959/posts
California has more welfare recipients in this program than the next eight states combined! States with a total population of 95.8 million.

1. California -- 1,226,362 recipients -- 36.8 million population 2. New York -- 252,434 recipients -- 19.5 million population 3. Ohio -- 178,652 recipients -- 11.5 million population 4. Michigan -- 154,985 recipients -- 10 million population 5. Tennessee -- 138,744 recipients -- 6.2 million population 6. Washington -- 122,477 recipients -- 6.5 million population 7. Indiana -- 117,987 recipients -- 6.4 million population 8. Texas -- 114,258 recipients -- 24.3 million population 9. Pennsylvania -- 113,826 recipients -- 12.4 million population

^ I think it would be more telling if it told per capita welfare recipients instead of raw numbers. Here's a link I found. I don't know where they get the data, but it looks like a mixture of red and blue states (and Guam).

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_wel_cas_tot_rec_percap-caseloads-total-recipients-per-capita

Yet California still sends just about as much money as it receives from Federal taxes. In other words Southern Republicans aren't paying for California welfare queens (or Northern ones or that matter).

Here's a broader picture http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/give-take-small-final.png

And yes, I am Canadian - therefore can't vote, but am happy with the outcome because it does mean better relations between our countries.

You're all lunatics..

Basing your argument on something posted from Addictinginfo.com sourced from MotherJones.com is like listening to a conservative arguing something is true because he heard from Limbaugh.

This country will never find itself as long as long as we continue to put halos on those who believe in what we believe and horns on those who have different opinions.

When you look at the per capita federal spending by state(and DC) 7 of the top 10 went blue this year. Average per capita spending in blue states $13,565. In red states it was $10,938.

You guys can argue until you are blue or red in the face all you want! If we Americans don't figure out how to stop spending money like a drunk sailor on leave, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BOAT GREECE IN IN!.