For
instance, does an Army base and the federal money that goes into keeping
it running and paying its troops count as a benefit? (It does in my book.)
Blue State, Red Face: Guess Who Benefits More From Your Taxes?
Picking up on yesterday's theme, the fiscal cliff, let's look at the wider context to the argument between left and right over taxes and spending
cuts.
Michael Moran
Michael Moran is an author and geopolitical analyst.
There are serious economists who study the difference between what our
states pay in taxes and how much they get in return from the U.S.
government. These people generally don’t draw political, let along moral, judgments from these numbers...
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