What will all those GOP strongholds that FEMA is helping* do when Ryan’s Plan cuts FEMA by 50%?
* Texas, massive fires, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Tornado’s, Eastern Montana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Massive Flooding
All those red states appear to have no idea how deeply they feed at the federal trough, and how much they are supported by blue states. Sounds crazy, but taxfoundation.org has the data to back it up.
@festus: please allow me to educate you — check out this table of Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State: http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/62.html
You’ll find that Alaska got $1.87 back for for every dollar paid in Federal taxes. Montana: $1.58 per dollar; Mississippi: $1.77 per dollar; and Arizona: $1.30 per dollar. That’s right, Arizona, home of John McCain gets 30% more out of the federal government than in pays in. And there are plenty more like that. Here’s a few: OK: $1.48; AR: $1.47; AL: $1.71; SC: $1.38; NC: $1.10; KY: $1.45; LA $1.45 WV: 1.83; VA: $1.66. (See http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/22685.html for other years)
So who is financing all this? What states pay more in taxes than they receive in federal expenditures? California: $0.79 per dollar; New York: $0.79 per dollar; Michigan: $0.85 per dollar; Illinois: $0.73 per dollar; Massachusetts: $0.77 per dollar; New Jersey: $0.55 per dollar; MN: $.69; WI: $.82; CT: $.66. Texas finances a bit too they get back $.94 per dollar paid.
For California, the tax burden was $7012 per capita. With 36 million people, that’s 252 billion in taxes paid. Applying the .79 return rate, we see California paid almost $53 billion in “welfare” to other states in that one year.
For Texas, the total tax burden was $5841 per capita. With 22.49 million people, that’s $131 billion in taxes paid. Applying the .94 return rate, we see Texas put $7.882 billion more into the treasury than it received. Small potatoes compared to California, but it’s something.
These figures are from 2004. If you noticed a trend that blue states tend to be losers in this deal, and red states tend to be winners (not always; Texas gets $0.94) then bravo – you have spotted the true trend. Its really quite eye-opening.
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