re: Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states?

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However, while your example demonstrates how those dependency figures can be skewed, particularly on the receipts-side, I'm not convinced that the collections-side would be materially impacted. I also think there is an argument to source the collections to the residence of the taxpayer, especially when looking at this from the perspective of where the money goes back.

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I haven't thought a ton about this, but I wonder if the eventual conclusion wouldn't be that it's impossible to do this type of analysis in an unbiased/equatable way. You simply can't treat states the same - there are far too many variables that merely reflect certain characteristics (of states) that have real impact on results.

I wonder how are agriculture subsidies accounted for by the organizations doing this.