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Originally Posted by bnk

Let's wait for Obama to be elected and then have him squeeze federal dollars for this, Olympics, CTA/transportation, and O’Hare.

Call it pork all you want but Illinois has been a federal dollar donor state for too long. I am sick of subsidizing the sprawl in the red states that are federal dollar welfare queens.



For every dollar your state sends to DC, here's how much you get back


New Mexico 1.91
Alaska 1.80
West Virginia 1.75
Mississppi 1.70
Alabama 1.64
North Dakota 1.64
Virginia 1.60
Hawaii 1.54
Montana 1.51
Arkansas 1.43
Oklahoma 1.43
South Dakota 1.43
Kentucky 1.41
Louisiana 1.41
Maryland 1.41
Maine 1.36
South Carolina 1.35
Tennessee 1.29
Arizona 1.28
Missouri 1.27
Idaho 1.25
Utah 1.14
Kansas 1.11
Vermont 1.11
Iowa 1.10
North Carolina 1.10
Wyoming 1.09
Pennsylvania 1.07
Nebraska 1.06
Rhode Island 1.03
Ohio 1.02
Florida 1.01

Donor States

Georgia 0.99
Indiana 0.99
Texas 0.98
Oregon 0.97
Washington 0.91
Michigan 0.88
Wisconsin 0.85
Colorado 0.84
New York 0.84
California 0.83
Delaware 0.83
Massachusetts 0.82
Nevada 0.78
Illinois 0.77
Connecticut 0.73
Minnesota 0.73
New Hampshire 0.73
New Jersey 0.63

Table: Per-Capita Tax Burden and Return on Tax Dollar
The Tax Foundation - Federal Spending Received Per Dollar of Taxes Paid by State, 2004

That tells me our senators and congressmen are doing a supremely shitty job.