Based on 2009 numbers, we have 6,423,113 in population. So that 1.2B works out to about $187.00 per person.
Thats a good day at the grocer, or about 2.5 tanks of gas in the pickup. Nothing to sneeze at, but not a lot to get worked up over. Like I said: I’d rather they keep than hit me up for more later.
Now if that number keeps going up, then yea, they’re taking in too much money, and they can rebate it by lowering taxes even more.
$187.00 for someone who is unemployed is a big deal. I’m proud of my state and happy things are going well but I could use that money better than having it sit in some account (drawing interest? - which I don’t see) owned by the state.