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Comment by Gary Ellis on July 6, 2012 at 7:18am

Pretty funny, looks like DC gets the most. Its always wrong to use the federal gov to steal from one to give to another. It makes people resent leaches. I would much rather the person/people come to my front door and demand my money. I have a shallow hole  on my property just for these people.

Comment by amanda choate on July 5, 2012 at 12:17pm

When I see pols from these states at teh top of this list on tv complaining about too much federal government, it makes me want to puke. This is what these states receives back for every dollar they contribute. State
New Mexico	$2.03
Mississippi	$2.02
Alaska	$1.84
Louisiana	$1.78
West Virginia	$1.76
North Dakota	$1.68
Alabama	$1.66
South Dakota	$1.53
Kentucky	$1.51
Virginia	$1.51
Montana	$1.47
Hawaii	$1.44
Maine	$1.41
Arkansas	$1.41
Oklahoma	$1.36
South Carolina	$1.35
Missouri	$1.32
Maryland	$1.30
Tennessee	$1.27
Idaho	$1.21
Arizona	$1.19
Kansas	$1.12
Wyoming	$1.11
Iowa	$1.10
Nebraska	$1.10
Vermont	$1.08
North Carolina	$1.08
Pennsylvania	$1.07
Utah	$1.07
Indiana	$1.05
Ohio	$1.05
Georgia	$1.01
Rhode Island	$1.00
Florida	$0.97
Texas	$0.94
Oregon	$0.93
Michigan	$0.92
Washington	$0.88
Wisconsin	$0.86
Massachusetts	$0.82
Colorado	$0.81
New York	$0.79
California	$0.78
Delaware	$0.77
Illinois	$0.75
Minnesota	$0.72
New Hampshire	$0.71
Connecticut	$0.69
Nevada	$0.65
New Jersey	$0.61
District of Columbia	$5.55

Comment by Paul Davis on July 4, 2012 at 7:31pm

On the premise that if you want to be taken seriously, you need to have serious thoughts, does anyone actually believe that Florida is on the verge of military rebellion because of social security?

Given that Florida attracts both military and retirees (including military retirees), I have not looked at the figures, but suspect that Florida derives a significant net finanacial benefit from federal payments on both counts.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 3, 2012 at 8:52pm

Scary, isn't it John. Sadly, it could come to that.......................

Comment by amanda choate on July 3, 2012 at 5:39pm

Secession is for quitters.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on July 2, 2012 at 11:10am

Paul, could be typos. Certainly, I have had to go back to edit a few times after reading what I wrote and discovering the words I "put in" weren't there or that oops, I misspelled something. It happens to the best of us, but we do tend to notice it faster in someone else's writing....... I appreciate Gary posting a challenging issue that should draw much discussion. Certainly, there are other states that have/are considering this and Texas is one of them and they can do so whenever they wish since that was part of the agreement with the state when it joined the union.

Comment by Paul Davis on July 2, 2012 at 7:01am

Florida needs the rest of the country, if for no other reason to explain to us the diffence betwee a ballot and and ballad, and to explain the distinction between a fase and a phase. I doubt that most international businesses seek out locations where half the population couldn't make it through a fifth grade English lesson or basic high school level American history or civics class.