Connecticut, New Jersey and New York pay far more in taxes to the Federal Government than they receive in federal spending. Residents of Mississippi, Alaska and Kentucky, for example, get far more in Federal Spending than they pay in taxes.
Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York are hoist on their own redistributionist petards.
They have far higher per capita incomes, which, to put it in terms a Democrat would understnad, makes them RICH.
Now, most of us understand that a dollar in NY is worth less than a dollar in Mississippi, but the Federal government does it see it that way.
What has that got to do with Italy?The U.S. has a completely different history that Italy, and it really isn’t a good analogy.
Ooh, let me read your mind. Though there is something relative to what you’re saying; those states in the U.S. and regions in Italy which pay so much in tax revenue are heavily industrialized compared to the states and regions which receive the largesse. The southern region of Italy is known for it’s olive oil and fish; the north is known for fine glass, fine clothing, and fine automobiles. Agricultural states usually don’t produce the abundant wealth that industrialized areas are able to output.