Gavin Newsom: “Higher life expenses expect. See lower infant mortality…”

“The idea that these blue states have trouble, you know, are spending, are spending more for less results, I don't know. Higher life expenses expect. See lower infant mortality, lower gun death rates, more productivity, higher wages, higher quality of life. $83.1 billion. That was the net contribution that we provided to the federal government versus red state like Texas. That was a taker state of $73.1 billion.” (18:54–19:06)

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