I did not misread it. It is as you state percentage of people in a state. So if Mississippi has 2 million people, and 20% are on SNAP, that’s only 400,000. If CA has 40 million and 10% are on SNAP, that’s 4,000,000. I can play this math all day and CA is still sucking more than Mississippi. Take this and translate it to number of illegals in the school and medical system. CA will be the ‘biggest loser’ by a mile. How much federal aid do you think the Cal college system is milking compared to Mississippi? How much road assistance and road miles that get federal aid compared between the two states? The list goes on and on. Mississippi may be poorer, but the overall federal aid is much higher to CA. And Mississippi isn’t asking federal dollars to build high speed trains that no one will ride.
Amen. And that’s without factoring in that CA has declared itself a Sanctuary state and the demand for public services is incalculably high and growing.
“I can play this math all day and CA is still sucking more than Mississippi. “
You give no credence to the other side of the ledger.
How much more does CA PAY to DC?
That said, it’s been widely known and accepted for decades that CA pays more in Federal Income Taxes than they receive back in expenditures...of any and every kind.
If fact this has been the case since WWII. Decades.
The same applies to NY and NJ.
And there are 36 states, most of them red, that receive more in Federal expenditures than they pay in income taxes.
You can choose to believe that or not. If you choose not to believe it, it’s emotion that keeps you from obtaining knowledge.