Francesca Knowles wrote:
rgatijnet1 wrote:
Francesca Knowles wrote:
rgatijnet1 wrote:
most of us know that a lot of our IRS taxes are being funneled to California to help a state that has never figured out how to live within their means.
:h
Say what???
Since the link you provided makes no such assertion, perhaps you'd be kind enough to provide some other source for that remarkable statement.
Sure, I'd be glad to. States that get the MOST in federal money
Another link: Federal bailouts
Did I misinterpret your statement?
I thought its implication was/is that California gets a lion's share of Federal Money due to some profligacy you perceive. The factual link you provided only says that since California is the most populous State, it gets the largest of fifty shares of Federal spending. Naturally! But it doesn't even make the top TEN when it comes to per capita Federal spending.
And there's no indication whatever there that "Californian profligacy" has anything at all to do with its apportionment.
You have to look at the rate of return for every dollar paid in for there to be a fair assessment of who gets a better rate of return, how much comes back of that dollar.
states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government.