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> Note that New Mexico already gets 37% of its state budget from the federal government, California gets a lot of Federal aid too at 27%. New Mexico apparently

by batbomb 11y ago

> Note that New Mexico already gets 37% of its state budget from the federal government, California gets a lot of Federal aid too at 27%. New Mexico apparently takes 36% (nice rounding). > and has among the highest per capita number of federal employees (both civilian and military). So New Mexico, per capita, has the highest percentage of people working in governmentally mandated jobs, or public service workers, if you will. California should definitely pick up the slack. > Californian tax payers are already heavily subsidizing New Mexico as it is. By that logic, California should definitely allow in-state tuition to everyone in Kansas, New Jersey, Illinois, Nevada, North Dakota, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, Virginia, and especially Alaska ...Because they are all subsidizing California as it is.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> By that logic, California should definitely allow in-state tuition to everyone in Kansas, New Jersey, Illinois, Nevada, North Dakota, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, Virginia, and especially Alaska > ...Because they are all subsidizing California as it is. Actually, as a net contributor of federal taxes, California is subsidizing all of those states (except fellow contributors Illinois and New Jersey), as well as New Mexico. [0] But no one is "subsidizing" California via federal taxes, since California is a net contributor of federal taxes. [0] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-st...
jacobolus 11y ago
Your comment is way off base when it comes to factual analysis, but you’re right to take offense at my tone. That part of my comment was pretty snarky, sorry. I was just annoyed at the combination of entitlement and lack of empathy in the poster I was responding to. I actually think it’s a good thing to redistribute money from rich states like California, New Jersey, or Illinois toward poor states like New Mexico and Mississippi. I also really like New Mexico, which is a beautiful state filled with lovely towns and wonderful people. To live in a society together requires a certain baseline level of equality of means and opportunity so that we can treat each-other with empathy and mutual respect. When some areas are rich financial centers and others have serious social problems and few employment opportunities, it’s smart national policy to redirect federal funds from richer areas toward poorer areas to encourage economic development. W/r/t higher education specifically, I think it would be a wonderful thing to send more federal money to state universities in places like New Mexico, which are really hurting financially these days. (As a thought experiment, if we replaced a substantial portion of the military spending that currently goes to poor states with education spending, I daresay the outcomes would be dramatically better for everyone involved.)

by batbomb 11y ago

dragonwriter 11y ago

> By that logic, California should definitely allow in-state tuition to everyone in Kansas, New Jersey, Illinois, Nevada, North Dakota, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, Virginia, and especially Alaska > ...Because they are all subsidizing California as it is. Actually, as a net contributor of federal taxes, California is subsidizing all of those states (except fellow contributors Illinois and New Jersey), as well as New Mexico. [0] But no one is "subsidizing" California via federal taxes, since California is a net contributor of federal taxes. [0] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-st...

jacobolus 11y ago

Your comment is way off base when it comes to factual analysis, but you’re right to take offense at my tone. That part of my comment was pretty snarky, sorry. I was just annoyed at the combination of entitlement and lack of empathy in the poster I was responding to. I actually think it’s a good thing to redistribute money from rich states like California, New Jersey, or Illinois toward poor states like New Mexico and Mississippi. I also really like New Mexico, which is a beautiful state filled with lovely towns and wonderful people. To live in a society together requires a certain baseline level of equality of means and opportunity so that we can treat each-other with empathy and mutual respect. When some areas are rich financial centers and others have serious social problems and few employment opportunities, it’s smart national policy to redirect federal funds from richer areas toward poorer areas to encourage economic development. W/r/t higher education specifically, I think it would be a wonderful thing to send more federal money to state universities in places like New Mexico, which are really hurting financially these days. (As a thought experiment, if we replaced a substantial portion of the military spending that currently goes to poor states with education spending, I daresay the outcomes would be dramatically better for everyone involved.)