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Which US states give more to the federal government than they get back and which receive more than they contribute as a share of state GDP (2024) (www.visualcapitalist.com)
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[โ€“] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Looks like older than national average population, receiving those elderly benefits. And after that is BLM, with fire suppression of all those beautiful forests you have on federal lands being a main driver there.

[โ€“] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Do you have a link to the source data on IRS? Surprised to hear we have an older than avg population, federal forest spending...shocked to hear they spend anything.