To those who mindlessly spout nareshkeit about why should we who live in low tax states “subsidize” those who live in high tax states (by making those taxes deductible for federal income purposes, I would simply note that most of the “low tax” states get several times more in federal spending and contracts than the high tax states. For example, Florida, Texas and South Dakota gets back $3- $4 for every $1 dollar they pay in federal taxes whereas Connecticut, Delaware and NYS get back less than $1 for each dollar they pay in taxes. What that means in that the low tax states are really the ones being subsidized by the higher tax states. That also ignores the general trend that low tax states (Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia) have among the worst health care and educational metrics in the country because they dedicate such little funding to their citizens’ well being and education.
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