Some of the most conservative states rely most on federal government aid

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/06/some-of-the-most-conservative-states-rely-most-on-federal-government-aid/



I've been saying this since the PNJ forum.

Agree. Now some of the folks in states which barely have a million people want to steal property from the rest of America who has paid the taxes over the last 100 years while these territories and leeches drain the federal treasury. I want my grandchildren's federal land to stay with the people of America and our representatives in Washington, and not with corporations and foreign interests which will steal what is left of our country. If you do not see the politics of this movement, you are a fool. It has little to do with land. It has everything to do with trying to create conflict which attacks America by once again having special interests cutting up America and its wealth for their own self interest. As the feeding frenzy puts together a coalition which can steal the most, it is the alliance of evil which makes the Game of Thrones look like child's play. Evil lurks behind this false populist movement which poses as saviors for the cowboys......too funny, the extractive industries and the oligarchy are simply adding to the Southern Strategy with the Western Strategy of divide America and steal it.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20120805-texas-can-no-longer-complain-that-it-gives-more-than-it-gets-from-federal-government.ece

Texas can no longer complain that it gives more than it gets from federal government


One frequently cited validation for that go-it-alone attitude is that Texans get a bad deal by paying more in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending. For decades, that was true: Texas received 90 cents or less for every dollar its residents and businesses sent to Washington.

But that’s no longer the case. Thanks to demographic shifts, a surge in military spending and other factors, Texas has crossed the break-even line. In six of the past eight years, including the entire tenure of President Barack Obama, Texans got more out of the federal Treasury than they put in.

Republican state officials and candidates have recently shifted their attention to arguments about the size of government rather than bang for the state’s buck. Ted Cruz, the GOP nominee for Senate, rarely mentions the disparity issue — one that the senator he’ll likely replace, Kay Bailey Hutchison, frequently tried to fight.

And the situation is not likely to flip back soon: With an exploding population of younger, more urban and increasingly poor residents — and a state government making cuts to its already minimal spending — more Texans will rely on the federal government for basic services in the years to come.