In a recent study by the Tax Foundation, apparently Red States (the ones that complain most about taxes being too high) are actually the ones most likely to receive more in federal spending than they contribute in taxes, while the Blue States are the reverse.
Well Ken this study is pretty much meaningless as it doesn't take some things into consideration
Example #1) Florida and all our old people
The Old people skew florida heavily, and if you read the methodology you'd know it.
Example #2) Corporate Taxes
allot of big companies are based in such blue states as Deleware, California, and New York. As such their taxes would skew the total number of dollars paid to them Vs other states without the same corperate base
Example #3) US military bases
-duh- If you got military bases in your state... you'll have more federal money come in then not. and most of these bases have been in states for decades
in context this study is bs propeganda like another comment i am sad to see you make
But then, other studies also show the highest divorce rates in the red states, highest crime rates in the red states, highest welfare needs in the red states, and it goes on. Maybe our political system is out of whack.
#1) Higher Divorce rates kinda even out when you look at lower rates of marriage. when less people get married, statistics say more people are going to ger divorced
#2) Crime
not sure where you get that but since red and blue states aren't consistant i'm not going to go into to much detail. Just pointing out that places like detroit and chicago have been in the top for some time
#3)Welfare
Hmmm i don't know Ken you think things like ummm indian reservations and rural poverty might have something to do with it? not to mention most red states don't have private welfare systems ( due to an overall lower tax base)
Ken whats worse is you are repeating the whole red state/blue state malarky
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