On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:56:37 -0500, the infamous "Ed Huntress"
scrawled the following:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:51:49 -0500, the infamous "Ed Huntress"
scrawled the following:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:35:15 -0500, the infamous "Ed Huntress"
scrawled the following:


And westerners, who complain about all that federal land that they can't
use
as they see fit, ignore the fact that it's MY tax money that's paying
for
THEIR federal recreation areas, and fire protection, and grazing
subsidies,
and so on. Western states get MUCH more money back in federal taxes than
they pay out. And we get the opposite.

Cites for that, please?

Didn't we just go through this a month or so ago? Anyway, here's one
tally.
Look at Table 4:

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/Pu...e-in-2005.html

They base their measures on the Consolidated Federal Funds Report from the
Census Bureau, so they're probably the most consistent, state-to-state.

Yeah, we out in the west get a lot of return. My state got less than
yours, 35 cents on the dollar. We get/pay $0.35/$1.16, Joisey comes in
at $0.39/$0.57. (or am I reading Table 1 vs. 4 wrong after 5 minutes
of research?)

Yike, you're reading it backwards. For every dollar in federal taxes you
pay, you get $1.16 of federal money is spent in Oregon. That's what the
table says. New Jersey gets $0.57 back for every dollar we pay. We're
supporting half the country. g

Take your time, as math teachers used to say, so you don't make silly
mistakes.

Um, Ed, I just looked at table 1 again and under the column titled
"Amount Returned to State per Dollar Paid in Taxes", Oregon is $0.35
and we're ranked 47th. I'd call that low return, wouldn't you?

OK, it was table 4 where I made the mistake. I misread the column
title "Expenditures in State per Dollar Paid by State Taxpayers"
as "expenditures by state". Mea culpa.




In just _1_ instance in _1_ state, CA, illegals suck up more money
(schools, emergency room, etc.) than the feds return to them, Ed.

So, what's North Dakota's excuse? Montana's? Idaho's?

Excuse for what? ND is $1.39 after paying out $2.26.

sigh Hey, Larry, read the column headings -- the second column,
particularly. ND gets $2.26 back for every dollar they put in. Not bad, eh?

New Mexico is tops at $3.10!

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Even with the best of maps and instruments,
we can never fully chart our journeys.
-- Gail Pool