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> Also, more practically, would California even afford to maintain its current existence without the many subsidies it presumably receives as part of its member
by warlox 10y ago
> Also, more practically, would California even afford to maintain its current existence without the many subsidies it presumably receives as part of its membership of the US?
Yes, because it sends more to the federal government than it receives in subsidies.
- pheldagryph 10y agoDisagree. Statehood is an inherent subsidy, what with how interstate commerce is protected and the international peace maintained. Many Federal expenditures are not motivated by per-capita considerations, but rather foreign-strategic considerations. Federal tax income vs Federal spending is not the right way to value a state's membership in the Union, the costs of secession are. Is the United States as a whole greater than the sum of its parts?