What "competent economic platform"? We must not be thinking of the same Republican party here.
The representatives you elect raise federal income taxes, which drains money out of your state, then they get their asses kicked by battling factions in Congress, which means the money never returns to New York.
You actively destroy where you live. Even if Republicans actively destroyed where you lived with slightly less vigor, they would be competent by comparison.
My state has a severe deficit in terms of money paid vs money returned, but in all fairness we don't really need the money as much as some hellhole like Mississippi.
