Pretty much not true. The majority of Federal tax revenues come from individual Federal income tax which are paid directly to the Federal Government. Payroll taxes are the next biggest chunk of Federal tax revenue and that also goes directly to the Federal Government. The states don't collect those taxes. It would be true to say that higher income individuals, regardless of where they live, pay more taxes because the tax system is progressive. Some blue states have serious financial problems because of poor management.
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Well in part, because most blue states collect the highest amount of tax dollars, much of which is then paid to the federal government to cover social service expenses for states that collect the lowest amount of tax dollars - which happens to be the red states.
Go figure. Blue gets poor paying for red, and red demands lower taxes.
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