What part of my federal tax dollar returns to Michigan? How about Shelby's Alabama?

[Bozita]

I saw some figures a while back which showed rust belt states getting less than they paid in while sunbelt and Southern states found the exchange profitable.

I need some help here, folks.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Here you go...NJ gets ripped off the most. Blue states subsidize red ones...

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. What's up with DC?? More than 5 bucks out to every dollar received!

God damn! Make them a state already. Talk about taxation (out the wazoo) without representation!

[Muttocracy]

4. wait, I thought that table meant they get $5 for every $1?

probably counting things that go into federal operations, not really to D.C. itself.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. No, it's the opposite.

I mean, seriously, Alaska is #3 and you know Senator Pork Stevens and Gov. Pork Palin have been raking in way more Federal dollars than they're paying out.

[Muttocracy]

6. no, I think all the ones greater than $1 are getting a net

so D.C. would actually be ranked #1 if it was included in the ranking, ahead of NM, MS, and AK.

Maybe they didn't include it because it's really federal $$ staying in the federal government, not going to D.C.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

7. Ah, you're right. My bad.

:blush:


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[Muttocracy]

10. no worry - I'd like to see what actually goes to D.C. schools, parks, services, etc.

I expect they're still getting the short straw, and I can't believe they don't have representation.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. Probably not much.

I suspect much of the Federal funding goes into running the nat'l administration.

[Bozita]

3. Thank you, MookieWilson.

[JDPriestly]

8. California is just a milk cow for the rest of the country.

[misanthrope]

9. Blue states willingly feed the red states...

...while red states incessantly condemn and rebuke the aid between mouthfuls.

Red state mindset is the epitome of ingratitude.

[SOS]

12. New York gets 79 cents, while Alaska gets $1.84

And Palin was complaining about "wealth redistribution"?