Federal Taxing and Spending Benefit Some States, Leave Others Paying Bill
How about this? New Mexico (red state) gets back $1.99 for every dollar it sends to Washington, while New Jersey (blue state) gets back only 57 cents.
You can see the whole list here. The truth is, 20 out of the top 25 "parasites" are red states.
So here's a question: what if you introduced a bill to even out these disparities so that $1 in gets you $1 out? Here's another question: how many Republicans and how many Democrats would vote for it?
Last question: how many House and Senate Republicans come from states that get more than they give up?
Can someone please do the math on this?
P.S. Please don't lecture me on how we need to send less money to Washington, OK? Get real: how many spending bills did Pres. Bush veto in his first term, anyway?
(HT to Atrios)
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