DWT -
[...] In 2023, California contributed approximately $500 billion to the federal treasury while receiving only $350 billion in return. That’s a net contribution of $150 billion, making California a donor state keeping the federal budget afloat. Contrast this with Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia— states whose representatives love to rail against “coastal elites” while taking far more than they give. Combined, these states contributed only $95 billion but received $235 billion in federal aid—a net deficit of $140 billion. In other words, California’s taxes bankroll the very systems these states rely on for survival.
You can figure out the rest of the justified indignation, wildfire aid being in some minds conditioned on extracting symbolic pay as well as tons of money pay.
Possibly Louisiana pays a fairer chunk of its returned federal largess, given its oil and having Gulf port worth and river trade. But the implication is Mike Johnson cares not about the above quoted fact, when he can score points. Or it seems implied in the starting image of the post - bowing being a common thread in this and the prior post.
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| sneaker sniffer? or a bow to authority>? |