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Overwhelmingly,
Red States are Tax Subsidized, Blue States are Tax Donors
Data shows, on average, the Red States get back $1.33 for every dollar sent to Washington, Blue States receive $0.93.
Ironically, the political party dominating Red State Politics is the one that complains loudest about taxes.
Graph: Federal outlays to states for every tax dollar collected. The green line represents equal dollars received per tax dollars collected.
Fiscal Year 2002 Data Source: The Tax Foundation, The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2005
SUBSIDISED STATES:
(Dollars received for every tax dollar paid)North Dakota (2.03), New Mexico (1.89), Mississippi (1.84), Alaska (1.82), West Virginia (1.74), Montana (1.64), Alabama (1.61), South Dakota (1.59), Arkansas (1.53), Hawaii (1.52), Virginia (1.47), Oklahoma (1.47), Kentucky 1.46), Louisiana (1.44), Idaho (1.34), South Carolina (1.32), Missouri (1.32), Maine (1.31), Tennessee (1.24), Iowa (1.22), Arizona (1.20), Maryland (1.20), Nebraska (1.19), Utah (1.14), Kansas (1.14), Vermont (1.12), Pennsylvania (1.08), North Carolina (1.07), Rhode Island (1.06), Wyoming (1.05), Ohio (1.02), Georgia (1.01). (26 Red States, 6 Blue States)
BREAK-EVEN STATES:
Oregon (1.00), Florida (1.00) (1 Red State, 1 Blue State)
DONOR STATES:
Indiana (0.99), Texas (0.92), Washington (0.91), Michigan (0.90), Wisconsin (0.87), Delaware (0.85), California (0.81), New York (0.81), Colorado (0.79), Massachusetts (0.79), Illinois (0.77), Minnesota (0.77), Nevada (0.73), New Hampshire (0.68), Connecticut (0.64), New Jersey (0.62). <B>(4 Red States, 12 Blue States).
Notable Exceptions:
Texas is a big donor state. Maine and Vermont, home to Old Yankee frugality and self-sufficiency, are subsidized states.
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Keywords: Red State Blue State Taxes, donor state, fair taxation, tax fairness
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