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Very simple answer: blue states have bigger budgets so the % of aid they receive from the government seems smaller. The Federalist has done an analysis of fede
by Acrobatic_Road 6y ago
Very simple answer: blue states have bigger budgets so the % of aid they receive from the government seems smaller.
The Federalist has done an analysis of federal aid per resident:
>Against a national average of $1,935 in intergovernmental spending per American, red states receive just $1,879. Blue states get considerably more, at $2,124 per resident. Purple states see the least of their money returned to them per capita, at just $1,770. Measured in this way, the blue states are getting quite a bit more than the red or purple.
https://thefederalist.com/2017/11/17/red-states-tax-takers-blue-states-tax-makers/ https://thefederalist.com/2017/11/17/red-states-tax-takers-b...
- sutterbomb 6y agoWas it intentional that you left out the parts of the article that show blue states pay more in, and receive less per resident relative to what they paid in? Because you completely misrepresented what is claimed by only highlighting the outlay per resident
- scarmig 6y agoIt's hard to have much ability to impart good faith when you intentionally exclude the amount of money paid in by blue states. The money the federal government is paying to red states is (...mostly) coming from somewhere.
- Acrobatic_Road 6y agoThe article states that no state receives more than its residents and corporations pays in federal taxes. People pay money to the federal government and the government pays back some fraction of the money per state. So any notion that blue states are subsidizing red states is ridiculous. What's happening is that the wealthy blue states pay a lot under our progressive tax system and receive a lot in return on a per capita basis.