>but it also has to pay for most other states’ stuff as well Strange this point is so frequently tossed around, despite it being false: https://www.latimes.co

>but it also has to pay for most other states’ stuff as well Strange this point is so frequently tossed around, despite it being false: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-federal-government-money-20170205-story.html https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-feder... "Lawmakers have long lamented that Californians pay more in taxes than they receive back in services, hanging their hats on a 2007 report by the conservative Tax Foundation that California is a "donor state" that receives only 78 cents in services for each dollar in taxes paid. But state analysts point out that report added extra tax dollars from Californians — beyond those actually paid — to cover the state's share of the federal deficit. Perhaps more accurate is a 2015 state-by-state review compiled by New York officials, one that puts California much closer to breaking even — about 99 cents in federal services for every real dollar in taxes."