“Fiscally irresponsible states deprive the FedGov of far more income than responsible states do with SALT.”
That’s simply not true.
These blue state subsidize the red states by paying more in taxes than they receive back in federal expenditures of any kind. Even CA with all it’s welfare, illegals and military bases does not receive back as much as it puts in. It’s a net donor state.
And it’s a net donor state because there are so many making high salaries.
What is your state? Is it a net donor, or a net consumer?
Are Red States Tax Takers And Blue States Tax Makers?
Against a national average of $1,935 in intergovernmental spending per American, red states receive just $1,879. Blue states get considerably more, at $2,124 per resident...
With every debate on taxing and spending in Washington comes inevitable references to which states send more in taxes to the federal treasury than they receive in benefits for their citizens.
The figures thrown around are sourced differently and vary widely, but the point of it all is for Democrats to point at poor, Republican states and call them hypocrites for doing exactly what Democrats say they should: taking money from richer places.
But how much of it is true? An op-ed in The New York Times this week accuses Republicans of favoring red states over blues ones in their plans, while repeating the old lie that small states’ equal representation in the Senate favors Republicans (the ten smallest states are currently represented there by nine Republicans, nine Democrats, and two independents who caucus with the Democrats; the ten largest states are represented by nine Republicans and eleven Democrats)....
Gottcha. Well, thanks for you service. Got nothing else nice to say to you.