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Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video] by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:13AM (#32496665)
> I'm in a smallish town that owns its own power and water utility and maintains its own roads, and isn't "wealthy" or "exceptionally taxed" compared to other areas

Are you in a net contributor state as well? I live in a similar town, but it's in Wyoming, a state which benefits from federal transfers from urban centers.

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Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video] by bombcar on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:26AM (#32496858)
Not sure, is there a list of "net contributor" states? And I suspect those look at federal budgets only, and ignore the other methods of "contributing".
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Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video] by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:41AM (#32497069)
> is there a list of "net contributor" states?

Yup [1].

> ignore the other methods of "contributing"

Nobody is arguing we write off New Mexico, Mississippi or West Virginia. But their lifestyles are subsidized by Delaware (special case), Minnesota, New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut and New York. (Scaling the net contribution to GDP removes much of the partisan slant introduced by urban centers having more people, and thus bigger numbers, as well as leaning blue.)

[1] https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2011/08/01/the-red-...

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