[JayGalt]

http://thefederalist.com/2017/11/17/red-states-tax-takers-blue-states-tax-makers/

The subject is much more complex if addressed honestly than most articles cover.

[deadrock]

The densely populated states will of course pay more fed. taxes. But that is not the argument.

State taxes should be the responsibility of state residents, just as county taxes should be the responsibility of the county residents.

[Alberta's Child]

I agree. It's even more complex than that comprehensive article portrays it to be.

Medicare and Social Security are two Federal revenue and spending line items that should be eliminated from the calculation entirely. The problem with them is that the revenue and the benefits are associated with individuals regardless of where they live. So if you work most of your life in a state like Connecticut with a high cost of living, and then retire to a place like Florida or Arizona, you end up collecting these entitlements in a different state than the one where you worked when you (and your employer) paid these payroll taxes.

[marktwain]

Good article.

I is one of the few that seem to be honest about the subject.

[wita]

Thanks for the article. Great stuff, and puts to rest some of the issues regarding so called welfare states of which SD is called one of the worst and according to charts is only marginally so.

The profound comment/truth that no state gets more in Federal Funding than what it contributes in Federal income taxes is a game changer if actually a true statement.