[El Gato]

California receives $0.82 in Federal Spending for every $1.00 of tax collected, ranking 44th out of the 50 states.

Interesting, but irrelevent. The federal government doesn't exist to dole out money, equitably or not. If there is federal business to be done in California, then the money needs to be spent there. Otherwise it's a local matter. Before California sent so many liberals to Congress California had lots and lots of miltary bases, due to the presence of good ports, lots of land for manuevers, and good flying weather in many places. But those liberals raped the defense budget (and the NASA and DOE budgets, a good chunk of which was spent in California), and so the money is no longer spent on those things.

[johnb838]

That reminde me that it seems to me that the liberals have perverted the meaning of the term "First Responder" to the point that when I hear it I immediately think "Political Pork".