• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net
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    17 days ago

    Florida and Texas receive massive federal subsidies, paid for with the taxes generated, primarily, from these blue states.

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      12 days ago

      That’s not accurate - Florida pays in more than we get back by about 11billion, Texas 68 billion. Because we have idiot government that doesn’t use matching funds for Medicaid, mostly.

      California pays 276B more than it receives because it’s an economic engine.

      Virginia has the biggest gap in the other direction, receiving 89B more than it pays in.

      It’s a lot more mixed than just red or blue - some democratic states are better at leveraging the federal money on behalf of their state.