Right, but let’s take California: home of tech companies, Hollywood, big ports, etc. People in Mississippi are purchasing their products. That money then goes

Right, but let’s take California: home of tech companies, Hollywood, big ports, etc. People in Mississippi are purchasing their products. That money then goes to those companies, employees there, and then the government in taxes. The same goes for Florida and Colorado for vacations, for instance. They wouldn’t have nearly the same amount of tax revenue if it wasn’t for the other states buying their stuff.