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raccoon

(31,110 posts) Tue Sep 1, 2020, 07:59 PM Sep 2020

Residents of states which pay more into the federal government then they get back,

Residents of states which pay more into the federal government then they get back, I wouldn’t blame you if your states would secede from the US.

And if you did, I’d request political asylum in some other state. I can support myself and wouldn’t be a drain on anybody.

Now, I don’t expect this to happen. But if it did happen, that’s what I would do.

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Residents of states which pay more into the federal government then they get back, (Original Post) raccoon Sep 2020 OP

What state do you reside in? ALBliberal Sep 2020 #1

SC. nt raccoon Sep 2020 #2

Per Wallethub, My State Is 45... ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #3

ALBliberal

(2,339 posts)

1. What state do you reside in?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2020, 09:53 PM

Sep 2020

raccoon

(31,110 posts)

2. SC. nt

Reply to ALBliberal (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 2, 2020, 05:33 AM

Sep 2020

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)

3. Per Wallethub, My State Is 45...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:00 AM

Sep 2020

...in net federal dollars or federal dependency. IOW, there's only 5 states that get fewer net dollars from the federal government. (This is a per capita value, so while California has a much higher net negative, their per capita puts them at 41.)
But, would be impossible for Illinois to separate. There'd be no geographic synergism with the majority of other net donors.

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