@taiwan_girl said in Republicans trying hard to create a new blue state:
@LuFins-Dad said in Republicans trying hard to create a new blue state:
@taiwan_girl said in Republicans trying hard to create a new blue state:
Havent there been studies that show that many of the counties that want to do this (usually somewhat rural) actually receive more in tax dollar than they pay into the state?
EDIT TO ADD: here is one study for @George-K state!!!
https://illinoisdelivered.com/2021/08/11/this-data-shows-illinois-tax-dollars-benefit-downstate-more-than-others-here-are-the-numbers-bloomington-pantagraph/
That has absolutely zero to do with their value to the state, overall. When you have high concentrations of people in urban areas, the tax revenues are always going to be higher and the public expenditures lower per capita.
By the same reasoning, Alaska shouldn’t be a state…
I think you mis understand me. One of the discussion items raised by areas that want to succeed is that they pay more to the state in taxes than they receive in benefits. The opposite is generally true.
(I know that this is not the only concern raised, but is one of them.)
Sorry, just saw this.. The counties in question “receive more in state funding than what they pay in” is only true due to state road infrastructure spending and state parks. Take a look at the 3 counties in Maryland that want to secede to West Virginia. Each of those counties have two major Interstate Highways cutting through them, I70 and I68. The state of Maryland is charged with maintenance on those roads. And while the Federal Government does pay part, that is not paid directly to the road maintenance. It goes into a Maryland Fund that the state then uses as it sees fit. So the expenditures for 70 and 68 are paid by the State, even if half the dollars didn’t originate in the state. So when WaPo does a report on state expenditure vs tax receipts, they are going to see a huge amount of expenditure for those areas. And since they are sparsely populated, the difference in expenditure vs. receipts look stark, especially per capita. But the benefit of those roads truly are for Baltimore County, Frederick, County, and Montgomery County.
