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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by specialist on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:29PM (#14301414)
No. It'd show that rich states like TX, NY, CA carry the rest of the nation. And they hate us for it.

Edit, because some google-impaired pedant will insist on a cite for common knowledge: https://taxfoundation.org/federal-taxes-paid-vs-federal-spen...

Edit: pendant -> pedant

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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by iak8god on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:41PM (#14301541)
> Edit, because some google-impaired pendant will insist on a cite for common knowledge

"pedant" :)

Do you have a citation for "they hate us for us"?

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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by iak8god on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:33PM (#14301447)
> And they hate us for it.

I don't know where you live. Who's "us"?

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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by toyg on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:37PM (#14301495)
From the tone and the average HN demographic, I'd say CA.
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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:24PM (#14302010)
Your citation is fascinating! So many interesting comparisons. (Also, there's a non-Scribd link here: https://files.taxfoundation.org/legacy/docs/ftsbs-timeseries... ).

I wish there was a graphical representation of the data (that wasn't too skewed by land area or population). It would also be nice if the absolute numbers were inflation-adjusted.

To address the issue, though, your citation shows that Texas is right in the middle of per-capita federal taxes at $6,437 per person, ranked 25th. I think it's more illuminating to look at per capita numbers, otherwise it's just a comparison of population. If anything, Connecticut residents paying $11,522 in taxes per person would revile Texans for not paying their fair share.

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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by lqdc13 on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:43PM (#14301555)
Your chart shows Nevada, NJ, NH, MN and Connecticut as the top ones.
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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by specialist on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:48PM (#14301618)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_tax_revenue_by_state
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