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Re:Let’s relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest by aaronhoffman on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:54AM (#13150386)
How much of the money that would be re-injected into these communities was taken via taxes in the first place?
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Re:Let’s relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest by pmorici on Sunday December 11, 2016 @09:09AM (#13151120)
https://mises.org/blog/which-states-rely-most-federal-spendi...

The current situation is that 39 of the 50 states get back more in Federal spending than they put in in Federal Taxes.

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Re:Let’s relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest by jawbone3 on Sunday December 11, 2016 @07:21AM (#13150768)
The point is that most taxes would be from other states, so it is a net wealth transfer to the new hosting state no matter the tax rate.
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