If California got back from the federal government all the federal taxes paid by its citizens, California would have a surplus every year despite its outsized p

If California got back from the federal government all the federal taxes paid by its citizens, California would have a surplus every year despite its outsized pension obligations. Instead, large chunks of California-source taxes that should come back to the state for spending on education, MediCal, etc., go to Red states to shore up the Red states' miserly education and medical care budgets.