Maddow says Texas routinely receives more federal dollars than Texans pay

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PolitiFact Check 4/22/11
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow says Texas routinely receives more federal dollars than Texans pay in federal taxes

After playing a 2009 video clip in which Republican Gov. Rick Perry touts states’ rights, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow suggested secession could hurt the Lone Star state’s bottom line.

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In fiscal 2009, the IRS collected about $163 billion from Texans and the state received about $224 billion, for a net gain of $61 billion. Federal spending in Texas also exceeded tax payments in 2008 by $8 billion. It was the other way around in 2006 and 2007, when tax payments by Texans exceeded federal spending by a total of about $47 billion.

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Summing up: The figures from our sources show two different trends. On an annual basis between 1981 and 2003, Texas almost always paid more in federal taxes than it got back from Uncle Sam. But since 2003 the reverse has been true, with Texas receiving more than it paid in five out of seven years, which is close to routine.

We rate Maddow’s statement as Mostly True.

Very interesting analysis. Rick Perry is definitely lying about how "oppressive" D.C. is to Texas. He's taken the money each and every year while bad mouthing D.C.

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[Lithos]

1. For the most part you can define red state/blue state

By the ratio of how much the state contributes to how much it receives from the Federal system. As a general rule Red States are less than 1 (contribute less) and Blue States are greater than 1 (contribute more.)

All this talk of self-sufficiency is nothing more than hypocritical bs.

L-

[sonias]

2. Rick Perry is our king of "hypocritical bs"

He has a doctorate in bullshit I believe. He earned it at A&M! :evilgrin: (just kidding Aggies)

Perry has actually earned one with his day to day practice of bullshit, as far as I'm concerned.:puke:

[white cloud]

3. He had a mentor that was good at BS

GWB

I think RP has exceeded GWB expectations

[sonias]

4. He sure has

As unbelievable as that sounds - Perry is actually a bigger bullshiter than G.W. Man that is huge piles!

We grow some really big stupid politicians in Texas - the kind that believe their own crap!

[TxVietVet]

5. The most important thing is that they have to believe their own bu$hit.

I cringe every time one of these conservanazi idiots open their mouths and all that stupid just spews out.