That blue states send more taxes than they get back while red are the reverse is a little like the females make 80 cents on the dollar that males make argument, I would like to see all the details, population versus federal presence, military bases kind of stuff.
“ That blue states send more taxes than they get back while red are the reverse is a little like the females make 80 cents on the dollar that males make argument, I would like to see all the details, population versus federal presence, military bases kind of stuff.”
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The “blue states send more money in taxes than red states” is true but much of the income disparity is due to (at least on the east coast) those blue states sucking a tremendous amount of wealth from the red states. I live in one of those blue states (Maryland). You can’t throw a pebble 100 feet without hitting someone who draws their income from (highly paid) federal civil service employment of employment by federal contractors. Many (I’d say most) of these employees are overpaid and vastly underworked. Of course there’s always the 10% who carry most of the load and carry the deadwood who have lifetime sinecures.