Sat Nov 6, 2004
It turns out that beggars really can be
choosers after all!
Blue state progressives are finally starting to notice that the people
living in states that just voted for massive deficit spending,
starting illegal wars and giving huge tax cuts to the rich
are also the people that are sucking up tax dollars faster than
they put them in. The only question remaining is, why are we
surprised?
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Expenditures per
$1.00 of Taxes
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| FY 2002 |
Ranking |
| North Dakota | | $2.03 | 1 |  |
| New Mexico | | $1.89 | 2 |
| Mississippi | | $1.84 | 3 |
| Alaska | | $1.82 | 4 |
| West Virginia | | $1.74 | 5 |
| Montana | | $1.64 | 6 |
| Alabama | | $1.61 | 7 |
| South Dakota | | $1.59 | 8 |
| Arkansas | | $1.53 | 9 |
| Hawaii | | $1.52 | 10 |
| Virginia | | $1.47 | 11 |
| Oklahoma | | $1.47 | 12 |
| Kentucky | | $1.46 | 13 |
| Louisiana | | $1.44 | 14 |
| Idaho | | $1.34 | 15 |
| South Carolina | | $1.32 | 16 |
| Missouri | | $1.32 | 17 |
| Maine | | $1.31 | 18 |
| Tennessee | | $1.24 | 19 |
| Iowa | | $1.22 | 20 |
| Arizona | | $1.20 | 21 |
| Maryland | | $1.20 | 22 |
| Nebraska | | $1.19 | 23 |
| Utah | | $1.14 | 24 |
| Kansas | | $1.14 | 25 |
| Vermont | | $1.12 | 26 |  |
| Pennsylvania | | $1.08 | 27 |
| North Carolina | | $1.07 | 28 |
| Rhode Island | | $1.06 | 29 |
| Wyoming | | $1.05 | 30 |
| Georgia | | $1.01 | 32 |
| Oregon | | $1.00 | 33 |
| Ohio | | $1.02 | 31 |
| Florida | | $1.00 | 34 |
| Indiana | | $0.99 | 35 |
| Texas | | $0.92 | 36 |
| Washington | | $0.91 | 37 |
| Michigan | | $0.90 | 38 |
| Wisconsin | | $0.87 | 39 |
| Delaware | | $0.85 | 40 |
| California | | $0.81 | 41 |
| New York | | $0.81 | 42 |
| Colorado | | $0.79 | 43 |
| Massachusetts | | $0.79 | 44 |
| Illinois | | $0.77 | 45 |
| Minnesota | | $0.77 | 46 |
| Nevada | | $0.73 | 47 |
| New Hampshire | | $0.68 | 48 |
| Connecticut | | $0.64 | 49 |
| New Jersey | | $0.62 | 50 |
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In other words, for every $1.00. that North Dakota paid out
in federal taxes, they got back $2.03. dollars. For every
$1.00. that New Jersey paid to Uncle Sam, they got back
$0.62.!
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