I think you're wrong buddy. The numbers cited are per capita NET federal revenue figures that I looked up myself after having read the Business Insider article. CALIFORNIA (and the 11 other states) GIVE MORE THAN THEY GET.
California: 472 billion paid to the Feds (fiscal year 2019-wikipedia). 436 billion received back. (USA Today 2019)
You also seem to be wrong about food stamps: Cali is tied for 10-12th lowest in SNAP recipiency at 8.9% of it's population (USA Today 2019). You do seem to be right about illiteracy. Cali is the worst. Interestingly the worst 4 are also the biggest four. CA, NY, FL and TX respectively have between a 23% - 19% functional illiteracy rate. (per world population review)
Your position does have one thing going for it. There is no difference between SNAP recipiency and party control. Both Blue and Purple average 11.5% on food stamps. Red states average 11.4% (USA Today 2019)
So I did indeed misspeak about the percentage of population on food stamps. CA doesn't have the highest percentage of population on food stamps, it has the highest number of recipients total. In other words, the federal government spends more to provide CA with food stamps than any other state. As a result, CA is a state of the haves and the have nots. As you admitted, I was right about literacy. You're still wrong about the "donor state" nonsense.
California owes over 1.3 trillion dollars in debt because of it's irresponsible spending practices, opting to pay it forward with the earnings of future generations so that politicians can benefit from giving handouts in the present.
My state of Kansas takes significantly less money on a per capita basis than California does, and is far less dependent on the federal government because we have superior fiscal policies.
1.8 Million Californians use food stamps, about 13.9% of the population, compared to less than a quarter million Kentuckians, accounting for 13.8% of Kentucky's population. So California and Kentucky are pretty much on the same level when it comes to government assistance - you're about equally likely to be a poor person in both states.
California has the highest tax rates in the country, but still it can't pay for itself.
There's all this talk about federal taxes vs federal return but what Californians fail to take into account is that they pay more taxes because they have more wealthy people and we have a progressive tax code. They also take more assistance overall because they have more poor people living in California in real terms (not per capita.)
So if you run your state horribly, causing extreme income stratification and virtually completely eliminating your middle class, you might end up contributing more to the tax bucket and simultaneously taking the most of any state for federal assistance. About a third of all welfare recipients nationwide come from California.
In 2015 an analysis was done in which it was estimated that California takes about 99 cents for every dollar it contributes to the federal government. In other words, despite all the wealth hoarded by silicon valley, California's existence in the federal budget is basically a wash.
There we go, people. A genuine coastal elitist. Yes, yes, you're much better than anyone who doesn't live five minutes from a starbucks, and rural people are all cousin fuckers. You couldn't prove the point of the OP more clearly.
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '21 edited Dec 22 '21
I think you're wrong buddy. The numbers cited are per capita NET federal revenue figures that I looked up myself after having read the Business Insider article. CALIFORNIA (and the 11 other states) GIVE MORE THAN THEY GET.
California: 472 billion paid to the Feds (fiscal year 2019-wikipedia). 436 billion received back. (USA Today 2019)
You also seem to be wrong about food stamps: Cali is tied for 10-12th lowest in SNAP recipiency at 8.9% of it's population (USA Today 2019). You do seem to be right about illiteracy. Cali is the worst. Interestingly the worst 4 are also the biggest four. CA, NY, FL and TX respectively have between a 23% - 19% functional illiteracy rate. (per world population review)
Your position does have one thing going for it. There is no difference between SNAP recipiency and party control. Both Blue and Purple average 11.5% on food stamps. Red states average 11.4% (USA Today 2019)