“his is what is meant when you see the claim that the states with lower income taxes are “subsidizing” states with higher income taxes. “
Abject ignorance.
The blue states you’re referring to subsidize the most of the red states with their income taxes paid vs benefits received.
Simple research on the interwebs will edify you and prevent further embarrassment.
I am not sure I believe that, though I hear the blue state governors claiming such. Show me the stats. California is sucking resources for illegals and bad policy, and I am not so sure that the income taxes paid by the silicon valley crowd are nearly enough to compensate for that. If you can produce numbers, I am willing to listen. But simply saying that CA or NY provide more tax revenue than other states does not answer the question. The answer includes how much the illegal alien burden is costing in medical, public housing, school tuition, and other welfare costs, as well as "high speed trains to nowhere". All of these things are federally subsidized, thus canceling out additional tax revenues.
Thank you for pointing that out. Depending on how you do the calculations states like NY, NJ, and IL rank amongst the worst in $ sent to DC and sent back. And as I noted earlier amongst the nasty blue states with high state taxes are WI, MO, OH, MI which last election were red. Thus President Trump rather than Clinton. And I only mention the states with large electoral votes, there are others in fly over country. Were I a dem in these states, I'd be pointing out how a Republican administration, to benefit the rich, is increasing the disparity in that number. People will notice.
Of course, I doubt this will pass in this form.