You have to get beyond the selected comments that they give you at first and get at the complete list of comments.
One commenter noted that, once you leave out the very rich, per capita taxes paid don't vary as much between the states as the article says. It's the few very rich people in large cities and suburbs that make the largest contributions, not necessarily the average blue stater.
“It’s the few very rich people in large cities and suburbs that make the largest contributions, not necessarily the average blue stater.”
And the leftists love to soak their rich.