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In 2021, USA federal government spent $113.3 billion in Tennessee according to https://www.usaspending.gov/state/tennessee/2021 https://www.usaspending.gov/sta
by klipt 2y ago
In 2021, USA federal government spent $113.3 billion in Tennessee according to
https://www.usaspending.gov/state/tennessee/2021 https://www.usaspending.gov/state/tennessee/2021
Including $72.6 billion in direct payments.
- steveBK123 2y agoIndeed - TN budget shows individual departments like DOT getting $1B+ of federal money alone. https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/finance/budget/documents/2025BudgetDocumentVol1.pdf https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/finance/budget/documents/2...
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThis misses the component of interstate distribution. Depending on how much federal taxes Tennessee paid, that 113 B could become positive or negative. It looks like in 2023, the IRS collected ~96 billion from TN https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-gross-collections-by-type-of-tax-and-state-irs-data-book-table-5 https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-gross-collectio...