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Which US states give more to the federal government than they get back and which receive more than they contribute as a share of state GDP (2024) (www.visualcapitalist.com)
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[–] 5 points 6 months ago

DE, MA, and IL are all +5, but the color coding is inconsistent.

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Very curious about Oregon as a resident. We're a tiny economy and population relative to CA or even WA, but surprised a bit by this; wonder if there are agricultural subsidies that relative to our economy tip this that much?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Looks like older than national average population, receiving those elderly benefits. And after that is BLM, with fire suppression of all those beautiful forests you have on federal lands being a main driver there.

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    • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Are these percentages weighted per capita? I wonder how each states population affects these numbers

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Sounds like they are weighted by state gdp, but that seems less than ideal because a state that has very little industry and which doesn't provide many services has a suppressed gdp compared to other states.

    Also what the heck type of measurement is net federal money flow per share of state gdp. That's a really overly specific way of wording things and it seems like an easy way to be technically correct but hide a bunch of shit off to the side.

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