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It's not true that those tax dollars are going to Mississippi's general fund. Rather, they are going to things like Medicaid and food stamps. Presumably the fed
by jacoblyles 14y ago
It's not true that those tax dollars are going to Mississippi's general fund. Rather, they are going to things like Medicaid and food stamps. Presumably the federal transfers equalize access to food and medicine across states, so they both start from the same place when they start levying state taxes to provide state services.
- philwelch 14y agoSmall states can get lots of pork, too. Just look at what Byrd did for West Virginia.
- tokipin 14y agothat just sounds like an accounting trick. if Mississipi had higher revenue it could accomodate for more social services without the help of California. i'm not very familiar with this stuff, but i believe states like California have better social safety nets than states like Mississipi. so different states don't even actually start from the same place