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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by karmelapple on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:36PM (#30846622)
Here's a fun interactive map showing which states pay out more than they receive:

https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-...

Note that 2020 is an outlier year due to COVID, so probably best to look at 2019 or before.

In 2019, 9 states paid more than they got back. And wow do some states make a lot of money: Virginia and Kentucky both have a per capita "more money than they take in" that's 3X that of Montana. But Montana still is raking in ~$4000 per capita than they pay out, whereas each Massachusetts resident sent out ~$2100.

I grew up in North Dakota, so can I get a free day ski pass next time I come out west and swing by Montana? :)

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