Why do you cry about people getting welfare when your states are getting welfare?

Wow, it was so simple. Let those poor flyover states fend for themselves and us rich states keep all the money we make. It’s almost like it’s a socialist system in place where the wealth is redistributed. But we’re...not...a socialist...country?

Meh

Your meme however true is not entirely correct. For one California is no longer on the list of donor states and actually receives more federal dollars than any other state in the union which use to be fine because they were paying it all back and then some but not anymore, California is now a sucker state.

BTW There are red States on the top 10 list of donor states and not all blue states are donors either....might interest you to know ol Bernie Sanders state is not a donor state by far.

Most states are sucker states so what you’re saying isn’t entirely an accurate statement either. The top ten states with fed taxes paid, in order: CA, NY, TX, FL, IL, NJ, PA, MA, WA, VA...and, combined, those states pay more federal taxes than the next forty combined.

If memory serves, the only donor states now are NY, NJ, MA, CT, and IL. California spent years on the donor list and only recently came off it, but as it stands, the paying/receiving is pretty much a wash.

Not that I give a damn about them, but Vermont has the second smallest population in the US. Their federal taxes paid is about $2.5 billion vs $2.85 billion received, or for every dollar spent, they get $1.14 back. Using percentages instead of actual numbers make it look worse than it is.