> IIRC TX takes in ~$150b from the Federal government, but only pays ~$100b into the system. CA (like NY) pays more into the system then it takes out, so about

> IIRC TX takes in ~$150b from the Federal government, but only pays ~$100b into the system. CA (like NY) pays more into the system then it takes out, so about ~$50b of the annual budget of TX is literally bumming money from other states, albeit indirectly. This isn't true. According to the SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government report dated Jan 8, 2019 (which used the data from the Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2019) the fifty states all had differing Federal expenditures vs Federal receipts but Texas and California were close. See page 15 at [1]. On a per capita basis, here are the federal expenditures per dollar of receipts for a few states: Connecticut 0.74 50th New Jersey 0.82 49th Massachusetts 0.83 48th New York 0.86 47th North Dakota 0.94 46th Illinois 0.97 45th New Hampshire 0.98 44th Washington 0.98 43rd Nebraska 0.98 42nd Colorado 0.99 41st California 1.00 40th <=== CA Texas 1.03 39th <=== TX Utah 1.04 38th Wisconsin 1.06 37th Wyoming 1.06 36th Minnesota 1.09 35th Iowa 1.13 34th Nevada 1.14 33rd South Dakota 1.15 32nd Kansas 1.23 31st Florida 1.24 30th ... Virginia 1.97 6th Alabama 1.99 5th West Virginia 2.17 4th Mississippi 2.19 3rd New Mexico 2.34 2nd Kentucky 2.35 1st [1] https://rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-7-19b-Balance-of-Payments.pdf https://rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-7-19b-Bala...