DUers, need a link on tax donor states please

Jim Warren

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Fri Jan-23-04 11:15 AM
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DUers, need a link on tax donor states please

A while back I had a link to a page with a US map/chart that listed federal tax donor states and recipient states. Anybody know that page?
Doing battle with some freepers on another site I visit so thanks for any help.

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eyesroll

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Fri Jan-23-04 11:26 AM
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1. Here you go:

Edited on Fri Jan-23-04 11:27 AM by eyesroll

On edit: Oops, this seems to be only about highway funds.

http://www.users.nac.net/jmp/tollfree/donor.html

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denverbill

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Fri Jan-23-04 11:32 AM
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2. Here's a table.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/pr-fedtaxspendingratio.html#fedtaxburdentable

I've got a jpg map, but no way to post it.

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denverbill

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Fri Jan-23-04 11:41 AM
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3. Here's a good link too.

http://www.eriposte.com/economy/tax/tax_n_spend_truths.htm

It totally refutes the notion that Democratic states get more money than republican ones. It shows the pukies are far and away the beneficiaries of govt spending.

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Jim Warren

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Fri Jan-23-04 11:52 AM
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4. YES!

Great, that oughta do it. Thanks for the quick replies all.

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HawkerHurricane

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Fri Jan-23-04 11:54 AM
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5. My favorite two issues of Business week...

Came out right after the Florida fiasco. The first showed which states went for Gore in blue, and for Bush in red (with Florida mistakenly in red).
THE VERY NEXT ISSUE showed which states sent more money to the feds than they recieved in blue, and which ones recieved more than they sent in red...
They matched except for two states:
Texas and Florida.

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