Red states suck up taxes and are dependent

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Red states are the most dependent upon “big government.” The overwhelming majority of the top state recipients of federal taxpayer money are Red states. In fact, the overwhelming majority of Blue states pay more in federal tax dollars than they get back and the overwhelming majority of Red states get more in federal tax money than they pay. Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky is a prime example. For every $1 Kentucky pays in taxes, it gets back $2.41 in federal taxpayer money. In fact, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana rely on the federal government for more than 40% of their state revenue. By contrast, Blue states like Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York get the lowest percentage of federal money and pay far more in federal taxes than they get back. Red states are responsible for much of our federal budget deficit. Red states are consistently taking more in federal money than they pay in. Decades of Republican dominance in Red states have left those states dependent on our tax money.