It's not a straightforward as simple consumption and production of tax units. The question is who benefits? If Alaska consumes a lot of tax units by having an

It's not a straightforward as simple consumption and production of tax units. The question is who benefits? If Alaska consumes a lot of tax units by having an early warning system for ICBMs, then Alaska benefits in the sense that there is a government jobs program, but the simple calculus of tax units consumed vs produced doesn't factor in the benefit San Francisco and Los Angeles get from the early warning system.