It's not mentioned in the article at all, but Minnesota is #2 in the nation for giving away money to other states.
Yeah, I was surprised by that. How comes Minnesota is so well-off?
Its not an apples to apples comparison. Its not absoluted dollars being compared. Its a percentage of each states' 2009 GDP. Trust me New York and California are the ones who should be getting big thank you card from all the Red States they subsidies. All these Republican governors bragging about balancing their budgets and making fun of California and New York fail to mention that CA and NY welfare payments to Red Stats are the only thing keeping the South from going into a very deep dark fiscal hole.
Take a look at Sara Palin's Alaska. You really want to put these people in charge of the national budget?
You think the money from CA and NY, at lower percentages outweigh say the total tax dollars from say Illinois and New Jersey? Certainly Minnesota...but IL and NJ are decent sized economies with higher percentages...it'd be nice if we just had a data table.
