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3. Back in the '90s, Newt Gingrich represented Cobb County, GA...

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 06:19 PM

Jul 10

...a ruby-red suburban/exurban area which, according to Common Cause, was "hooked on Federal subsidies and handouts". The only geographic areas receiving more Federal dollars were part of the Federal system (e.g. military bases, the CIA HQ in VA). Probably little has changed in the intervening years. (I remember first hearing about this in a Noam Chomsky interview).

Here are two articles about Cobb County from the '90s.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/10/17/gingrichs-county-well-insulated-from-federal-budget-cuts/9d14b234-8f8d-4eb2-9bc9-dd931990d2ca/

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/01/us/a-suburban-eden-where-the-right-rules.html

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Look just how much red counties depend on the government they hate [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 10 OP

They're a bad investment paleotn Jul 10 #1

Back in the '90s, Newt Gingrich represented Cobb County, GA... keep_left Jul 10 #3

Not quite sure why SickOfTheOnePct Jul 10 #4

Year after year, they never learn Blue Owl Jul 10 #5

Thank you mgardener Jul 10 #6

"how did the nation get to this point" Skittles Jul 10 #7