OK...you and I,filing as single,both earned exactly $50,000 in salary/pay last year,which was our *only* income.Our circumstances are exactly the same in terms of IRS laws except that I live in a low tax state (let's say New Hampshire...no sales tax *or* income tax) and you live in a high tax state (let's say California... huge sales tax and income tax).
A a result of that one difference I send more (possibly *much* more) to DC than you do.
So in essence I'm given the privilege of making sure that you don't feel the *full* impact of your state's decision to tax the bleep out of its residents.
IOW I'm helping you pay your state taxes despite not living there or benefiting in any way by doing so.
You’re an idiot