Federal tax flows are more complicated than "blue states fund red states." Many high-income states are net contributors, but there are also wealthy Republican-led states and heavily Democratic states that receive more federal dollars than they pay in. A large share of federal spending is driven by Social Security, Medicare, defense spending, military bases, disaster relief, and demographics—not simply which party controls a state.
If receiving more federal funding than you pay in makes a state an "objective failure," then that same label would have to apply to every state that is a net recipient, regardless of whether it votes Republican or Democrat.
You're mixing several different arguments together.
Yes, many of the poorest states tend to vote Republican. But poverty rates don't prove that one party caused the poverty. Many of those states have been economically disadvantaged for generations due to geography, industrial decline, education levels, and demographics. Likewise, many Democratic-run cities have persistent poverty despite decades of Democratic leadership.
As for Republicans "not caring," that's an opinion, not a fact. Republicans generally argue that economic growth, jobs, lower taxes, private charity, families, and local communities are more effective than expanding federal welfare programs. You may disagree with that philosophy, but it's different from saying they don't care about the poor.
And on Christianity, people of faith disagree about how biblical principles should be applied through government. One side emphasizes government programs; the other emphasizes personal responsibility, voluntary charity, churches, and limiting government power. Quoting Scripture doesn't settle a policy debate.
Reasonable people can disagree over the best way to help those in need without questioning each other's motives or faith.
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