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All red states get tons of federal aid
by asylteltine 3y ago
All red states get tons of federal aid
- TMWNN 3y agoSorry to shatter your illusions, but the only states whose residents have paid more taxes than they receive back in terms of federal spending from 2015 to 2021 are NY, NJ, and MA. NH, WY, ND, UT, SD, VT, and NE (+$3,907 seven-year per capita average) are also in the bottom ten in terms of being closest to breakeven. To put another way, residents of all other states—including NY ($13,566) and CA ($53,887) get more federal spending per person than they pay in federal taxes, than NE. Source: Rockefeller Institute's 2023 report, table 12A. <https://rockinst.org/issue-area/balance-of-payments-2023/ https://rockinst.org/issue-area/balance-of-payments-2023/>
- TMWNN 3y agoUgh, I mangled some things in the above comment. Let me try again: The only states whose residents have on average paid more taxes than they receive back in terms of federal spending from 2015 to 2021 are ~~NY~~ CT, NJ, and MA. ~~NH, WY, ND, UT, SD, VT, and NE (+$3,907~~ WA, NY, UT, CO, NH, CA, and IL (+$1,794 seven-year per capita average) are also in the bottom ten in terms of being closest to breakeven. To put another way, residents of all 40 other states get more federal spending per person than they pay in federal taxes, than IL. Source: Rockefeller Institute's 2023 report, table ~~12A~~ 12B. <https://rockinst.org/issue-area/balance-of-payments-2023/ https://rockinst.org/issue-area/balance-of-payments-2023/>