What's surprising is that people who're supposedly conservative keep coming back to this thoroughly silly argument. No economist to the right of Paul Krugman takes this claim seriously. It is based on tax revenues from high cost-of-living states like NY being arbitrarily assigned into states where lower contract or wage costs prevail. You are getting a bargain by having your Federal taxes paid into states where the cost of wages is lower. The benefits still accrue to you no matter where you live. You think a military base nominally in South Carolina is Federal money going back to South Carolina? Good grief.
Ok then, tell me how much does NY get from other states via the fedgov?
You said we are a taker state. Tell me how much more we take in then we send out.
Now don’t misunderstand me...NY is still a leftist infested and leftist run hell hole politically and as a result does great harm to the United States..
We elect and send to Washington some of the most evil left wing dirtbags you can imagine (IE: Shumer, Hillary Clinton, Louise Slaughter, etc) and we consistently vote for rats for President.
That makes NY a pox on the country, but it doesn’t make us a “taker state” in regards to funding.
You’ve got to hate us for the right reasons!