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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
It doesnt break the tax dollars spent down therefore makes unjust claims. For example a large Western red state like Wyoming has a greater need for most of the federal tax dollars than a small eastern state like MA simply because of it size. Per capita spending is flawed because obviously the states with higher incomes and more people will pay more in but their needs because of the physical characteristics of the state are different. The entitlement money is used in a far greater manner by smaller more populpous states. A state like New mexico ranks high in per capita spending because there is a great deal of federal business going on therelike the Los Alomos lab and huge amounts of federal parkland that need to be kept up. The idea that the poor of New Mexico are somehow getting more money than they deserve is ludicrious but that is the inference being made. States like FL with a high number of retirees naturally will have a disportionate amount of SS entitlement money.
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Regardless of what the money is being spent on, the facts are the facts. Lets break it down into a neighborhood HOA. Family A lives in a smaller house and has 8 kids. Family B lives in a bigger house with 2 acres and has 2 kids. HOA dues are determined by income. Family A parents make a lot more money than Family B parents and thus are contributing much more to the HOA. The bill for the internet, cable, sidewalk service, trash pick up, ETC that Family B enjoys is being picked up in a larger portion by Family A regardless of the fact that the kids of family A have more time at the playground paid by HOA funds.
I do agree with you about states like New Mexico, Virginia, Maryland, ETC that are naturally going to have more federal spending simply because of the concentration of federal government in those states.