Re:Hurricane Ian damages in Southeast estimated at $100B to ...
by lotsofpulp on Friday September 30, 2022 @02:08PM
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I do not see how that could be just from all the old people receiving social security/Medicare benefits.
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Re:Hurricane Ian damages in Southeast estimated at $100B to ...
by notch656a on Friday September 30, 2022 @02:24PM
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Yes and despite that they have below average per capita federal aid. Not only that, they had a record surplus in their state budget the last year. If someone were to try and attempt to portray Florida as some fiscally irresponsible welfare state, I would assert they would be quite misguided.
Re:Hurricane Ian damages in Southeast estimated at $100B to ...
by lotsofpulp on Friday September 30, 2022 @02:32PM
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Interesting. I do not know how reliable this website is, but apparently, it incorporates Social security/Medicare spend also:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-spe...
Re:Hurricane Ian damages in Southeast estimated at $100B to ...
by vaidhy on Friday September 30, 2022 @04:29PM
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Interestingly, it does not rank them per capita. California receives the highest at $12/person. Florida receives the third highest at $2700/person. Something does not jive
Re:Hurricane Ian damages in Southeast estimated at $100B to ...
by lotsofpulp on Friday September 30, 2022 @04:39PM
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The numbers are net federal dollars received per resident of the state, and they are ranked at the bottom.
California received the lowest compared to how much California paid the federal government. Florida is ranked in the middle.
Although, I clicked on the source and data is from 2013 so I wish I had found a more recent source.