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Have a link to these? All the sources I see indicate Texas pays more in federal taxes than it receives back in aid
Not OP; here’s the most likely link.
https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/
And here is a screenshot of the relevant data
Texas clocks in at $1.21 receivers for every $1 sent to the federal government.
According to this, all but 3 states receive more than they contribute, and Texas is roughly 17th out of 50 in terms of receiving the least amount back. I guess I don’t understand how Texas could be singled out in a dataset like this
Because of how much Texas screams.
Ok, and that has nothing to do with the original claim, which your data demonstrates was false
Point to where it shows the falseness
This net inflow of federal dollars places Texas among the states that benefit most from federal redistribution.
Your data shows about 33 out of 50 states benefit more from federal redistribution than Texas does
Ok, but we’re talking about Texas. And the info doesn’t account for federal contracts that put more money back into the state (I don’t think).
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Have a link to these? All the sources I see indicate Texas pays more in federal taxes than it receives back in aid
Not OP; here’s the most likely link.
https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/
And here is a screenshot of the relevant data
Texas clocks in at $1.21 receivers for every $1 sent to the federal government.
According to this, all but 3 states receive more than they contribute, and Texas is roughly 17th out of 50 in terms of receiving the least amount back. I guess I don’t understand how Texas could be singled out in a dataset like this
Because of how much Texas screams.
Ok, and that has nothing to do with the original claim, which your data demonstrates was false
Point to where it shows the falseness
Your data shows about 33 out of 50 states benefit more from federal redistribution than Texas does
Ok, but we’re talking about Texas. And the info doesn’t account for federal contracts that put more money back into the state (I don’t think).