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Ugh, I mangled some things in the above comment. Let me try again:

The only states whose residents have on average paid more taxes than they receive back in terms of federal spending from 2015 to 2021 are ~~NY~~ CT, NJ, and MA. ~~NH, WY, ND, UT, SD, VT, and NE (+$3,907~~ WA, NY, UT, CO, NH, CA, and IL (+$1,794 seven-year per capita average) are also in the bottom ten in terms of being closest to breakeven. To put another way, residents of all 40 other states get more federal spending per person than they pay in federal taxes, than IL. Source: Rockefeller Institute's 2023 report, table ~~12A~~ 12B. <https://rockinst.org/issue-area/balance-of-payments-2023/>




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