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Arkansas has a state income tax. In fact, I believe all of those states have a state income tax. So that point seems a bit off the mark.

The numbers show a deficiency in the social net of the red states. We know they have large minority populations.

Shouldn’t the progressive position be to offer help from the states with higher incomes?

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>Shouldn’t the progressive position be to offer help from the states with higher incomes?

that is exactly what blue states have been doing by pushing for better social net, for medicaid expansion (all these things are de-facto financed by the blue states (net "givers") not the red states (net "takers")), yet the red states governments have been either blocking directly or obstructing that help to the poor and minorities by various things like onerous "work requirements", by suppressing reproductive care, etc.

>Arkansas has a state income tax.

4% :)