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re: Red States are the biggest Takers
Posted on 9/23/14 at 4:58 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Posted on 9/23/14 at 4:58 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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What is included in those numbers? I see Texas as a taker in your chart and the only way that math works is if you are including fed spending on defense (military bases in Texas). Without that Texas sends up a dollar and gets back about 80 cents.
Texas receives AMPLE benefits from that military spending...about $14 Billion alone and another $4 Billion in the space program. Throw in another $20 billion in unrelated federal contracting in the Lone Star state that has nothing at all to do with entitlement programs and there is an awful lot of federal pork in a state that loves beef so much....
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Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:09 pm to germandawg
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Texas receives AMPLE benefits from that military spending...
From military spending in Texas? Sure. So does every other state. The military is a benefit that crosses state lines, regardless of where a base is located. This isn't hard.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 8:55 am to germandawg
quote:Now subtract the cost for dealing with illegals...
Texas receives AMPLE benefits from that military spending...about $14 Billion alone and another $4 Billion in the space program. Throw in another $20 billion in unrelated federal contracting in the Lone Star state that has nothing at all to do with entitlement programs and there is an awful lot of federal pork in a state that loves beef so much....
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