Who Benefits From Taxes?

[sixdogsmom]

I have set this to run for five days and will show the results after the expiration. One vote per person and you may not change your vote. This is for fun only! Hope this works out as this is the first poll I have set up. 

The point of this poll is to see who benefits more from each tax dollar sent to Washington; that is how many tax dollars come back to that state and which benefits most.

[sixdogsmom]

Sorry, I about forgot about this poll. To the folks who replied Red states benefit the most from taxes, they are correct.
From a friend:
I thought you would enjoy this. It shows how much  each state gets in return for the $1.00 of tax they pay to the government. Notice that those that receive less than they pay are mostly democratic blue states. The wealth is redistributed to red states.   

http://democraticactionteam.org/redstatesocialism/index.html

[Catwoman]

Wow.  So, we've already been "spreading the wealth around".  Interesting.

[mtcookson]

Updated list based on 2008 election:

1. New Mexico
2. Mississippi
3. Alaska
4. Louisiana
5. West Virginia
6. North Dakota
7. Alabama
8. South Dakota
9. Kentucky
10. Virginia
11. Montana
12. Hawaii
13. Maine
14. Arkansas
15. Oklahoma
16. South Carolina
17. Missouri
18. Maryland
19. Tennessee
20. Idaho
21. Arizona
22. Kansas
23. Wyoming
24. Iowa
25. Nebraska
26. Vermont
27. North Carolina
28. Pennsylvania
29. Utah
30. Indiana
31. Ohio
32. Georgia
33. Rhode Island
34. Florida
35. Texas
36. Oregon
37. Michigan
38. Washington
39. Wisconsin
40. Massachusetts
41. Colorado
42. New York
43. California
44. Delaware
45. Illinois
46. Minnesota
47. New Hampshire
48. Connecticut
49. Nevada
50. New Jersey

[Diane Amberg]

This has been true for a long time. Delaware has paid out more than we get back in federal funding for many years. With the banking problems and Hercules, duPont and others having problems now, that may change.

[redcliffsw]

One thing for sure - our founding fathers did not initiate this distribution system.
It wasn't part of the deal.