Left out of the discussion is the amount of federal taxes that California pays.
Wikipedia says that California pays $7,690.66 per capita.
That is $1,239 per California resident more than what California gets from the U.S.
It appears that California pays more federal taxes than they get federal tax revenues.
Remove all Federal Government facilities, including military bases along with subsequent support and contracts to private firms and that brings it Way down.
That’s true, but it still shouldn’t require everyone else to support benefits for illegals.
You see this argument all the time saying Blue states contribute more than they receive. Red States don't. It's not exactly true.
It's not that California pays more in federal taxes than they receive, it's more taxes are paid from California than they receive back..
There's a significant difference.
For example, if I buy an iphone in Alabama that was manufactured in China and shipped through Florida, since Apple's headquarters are in California, even though that iPhone never set foot in California, California gets credit for the taxes paid on the profits from the sale.
Likewise a movie could be filmed in Houston and since the studio is in Los Angles, California gets credit.
So basically such statistics on who pays what are meaningless. If California left, even if Apple & others kept their company World headquarters in California, they would open United States Headquarters in some other states and pay and US taxes there.
Not actually true. The "study" the Leftists love to cite on this does not include all the money that goes into CA as part of the Defense budget. there is quite a bit of spending hidden in the Defense budget that is only marginally connected to Defense.
Actually that is California’s citizens who pay it.
Remove the taxes paid by Hollywood & it’s members, and see what the numbers look like Also the professional athletes.
IF you have a state of 30million people, of which 11 or more million are illegal invaders, then you do not have everyday people paying that kind of income tax to the Feds.
“It appears that California pays more federal taxes than they get federal tax revenues.”
I’ve seen those types of numbers for every state...which, of course, doesn’t make sense.
People have to be really careful when they see comparisons like these (and nothing personal here...just a point). Do they include Social Security and Medicare, for example? And if so, do they include it both directions (i.e., taxes and payouts)? It’s tough for our federal government to spend 30% more than it takes in...and then give every state less money than they contribute. It is somewhat possible (i.e., interest on the national debt can’t be charged as an outlay to any state)...but not with our deficits - something still doesn’t add up here.