“Why should the rest of the country subsidize these states that seem to believe that they do not have to follow immigration rules and want us to pay for all the freebies they give away.”
Sheer ignorance.
Taxpayers in these states are subsidizing the freeloaders in the Red states. Almost all blue states pay more in income taxes than they receive in benefits.
Almost all red states receive more in federal expenditures than they pay in income taxes.
As examples I cite Texas, which receives $1.50 for every federal tax dollar (and is THIRD in net benefit of SALT deductions), and North Carolina which receives nearly $8!, $8! for every tax dollar sent to DC.
100% correct. States like NJ receive back less than 70 cents on every dollar handed over the Federal government, and states like CA, NJ, IL, CT, and NY pay a HUGE portion of the Federal revenue.
That fact that you guys keep sending liberal left wing loonies to Washington may have something to do with the disparity. We have finally started to recognize in Michigan that we are a donor state because we send liberals to represent us and expect them to help us with taxes.