Disagree. Statehood is an inherent subsidy, what with how interstate commerce is protected and the international peace maintained. Many Federal expenditures are

Disagree. 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?