[Bikers4Bush]

No state should get more money than it contributes, ever.

[So Cal Rocket]

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

Ohio receives $1.01 for every $1.00 collected, ranking 32nd.

New Mexico receives over $2.00 for every $1.00, ranking 1st.

New Jersey receives $0.67 for every $1.00 ranking 50th.

[El Gato]

No state should get more money than it contributes, ever.

No state should get any money from the federal treasury period. The only things the federal government should be spending money on are federal matters, like national defense, interstate highways, (and not those which are merely local freeways), the postal sytem, the mint, etc. If that means some states get nothing, to bad. We'd all pay lower taxes, and it would represent a return to the Constitution, at least in part.

[calcowgirl]

No state should get more money than it contributes, ever.

I totally agree.
The concept of everyone contributing to things like the military seems to escape some people.

[agarrett]

No state should get more money than it contributes, ever.

  That would help California immensely. Right now we get back something like 70 cents to the dollar.

  If all those midwestern farm states stopped draining off all the federal funds, we'd be doing all right.

Drew Garrett

[Walkingfeather]

scuze me?
we are the 5th largest world economy, we are probably responsible for the highest federal tax base beside NY, Im not sure what you meant.