That doesn't control for who benefits from the money spent. For example, Alaska is billed for the early warning and radar systems to detect Russian ICBMs, but A

That doesn't control for who benefits from the money spent. For example, Alaska is billed for the early warning and radar systems to detect Russian ICBMs, but Alaskans don't really benefit from it because Russia would never bomb Alaska, and most of the jobs go to people shipped in from the lower 48 states, not Alaskans. Likewise, Nebraskan farmers look like they're on the dole with the corn subsidies, but the other 49 states benefit from lower and stable corn prices, so it isn't clear why Nebraska would get all the costs accounted to them when everyone benefits from it.