My hometown is a welfare state

Anything that President Barack Obama and Congress do to avert a looming financial crisis will have a profound effect on the central San Joaquin Valley. Last year, the federal government sent close to $12 billion to Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Madera counties in the form of, among other things, Social Security payments, Medicare, food stamps and unemployment insurance. In Fresno County, those government benefits accounted for about 23% of all personal income last year. In Tulare County, it was 24%; Madera County, 22%; and Kings County, 19% Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/15/3103093/fiscal-cliff-looms-over-the-valley.html#storylink=cpy

Fresno also has the least Senate representation in the USA, with the exception of DC residents. In Fresno the two dingbat ambassadors to the DC oligarch almost never bother with us.