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> red states that tend to get more federal dollars returned/pumped into their states than they contribute

Not that I think you're wrong, but citation?

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I oppose both state/local tax deductions and farm subsidies.

There's no good reason except "because life is being unfair to me otherwise".





Thanks!

The cited extremes are California (blue) and Mississippi (red).

AP reports that California pays $10,510 per capita in federal taxes and receives $0.96 on the dollar. And Mississippi pays $5,740 per capita in federal taxes and receives $2.13 on the dollar.

The figure that's missing is the actual per capita receipt of federal dollars: $10k for CA and $12k for MS.

So states are receiving approximately the same number of federal dollars per person. However, they are not paying the same number of federal taxes per person.

I don't approve. But on the other hand that's exactly what you'd expect from a progressive tax system, which is widely popular.


From each according to their ability, to each "equality".

I think the more interesting bits that are missing is "average income" and "personal vs corporate vs capital gains tax receipts".




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