Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures: California is a Donor State
California taxpayers receive less federal funding per dollar of federal taxes paid than the average state. In 2005, California taxpayers received only 78 cents in federal expenditures for every dollar in federal taxes
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/22685.html
Tabular comparisons by state
I will be happy to address your grievance AFTER the Federal Government takes its responsibility to shut the southern border, begin arresting California officials in SF, LA, SD and all throughout the massive Golden State and begin prosecuting for failure to obey Federal laws with respect to granting sanctuary to illegals. The only way to get California back under control is to begin reclaiming it as part of the United States again. Right now it is out of control.
You are correct that on a per capita basis other states may carry a larger debt percentage. This is a misleading stat because California is more populous than most countries in the world and these other states have a minimal base in comparison over which to spread the debt. The reason this state is so overwhelmingly democrat is because there are way, way too many people sucking it dry of benefits.
I think the biggest story over the next 2 years is the collapse of California. We as a people have to decide if we will take the Obama / Pelosi / Boxer / Brown route and ride us all to Hell, or will there be some backbone federally to reclaim this great state. Right now CA and the US is on the expressway to Hell, and we’ve been driving with the accelerator stuck to the floor and the brakes are gone. I pray the Tea Party has the will to be the new brakes.
I would like to take a detailed look at their analysis. Something about it doesn't smell right. It could be that I simply have misconceptions, but I would guess that small population states would be skewed toward receiving more Federal money, simply because there are more military bases there and lots of interstate to be maintained, while high population states would skew the other way.