That’s not the fine print. That is someone’s interpretation and general summary of the issue that they suppose exists in the administrations plan. The important details are the proposed legislation (which may not exist quite yet as an initial draft) or a detailed position paper released by the administration. Until you see something like that, and preferably a draft or specific bill (or amendment) language, you never know if this is actually in the administration’s proposed plan or is just noise generated by the media with the intention of fragmenting support for tax reform.
I see — thanks for that clarification!
The chart is from a 2014 article from the Atlantic (updated this March...
Here is a more in depth article from this year with lots of charts that show basically the same thing...
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/
Don’t get me wrong, this is a messed up state and I am going to take my money and leave when I retire in a few years. My point is the portrayal of CA as a state dependent on other states for survival is wrong and this tax bill will make CA much more of a “giver” state.