From a report filed on Fox Business on 3 August 2012 "States That Get The Most Federal Money" available
here.
Quote:
1) Alaska
> Amt. per capita net of income taxes: $15,197
> Population: 710,231
> Pct. of U.S. population: 0.23%
> Amt. per capita: $17,762
> Pct. of U.S. funds per person: .39%
No state in the U.S. received more money per person from the federal government than Alaska. One contributing factor is that the state had the second-highest figure for defense spending in 2010, at $7,337.59 per capita. The federal government also allocated a great deal toward wages and salaries in Alaska — $5,709.52 per capita. This was more than any state other than Hawaii, which spent $5,805.78 per person, and twice the next-closest state within the contiguous U.S. — Virginia — at $2,638.68.
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More generally, "Most Red States Take More Money From Washington Than They Put In" according to a piece published in the on line version of
Mother Jones available
here.
And has anyone else noticed how closely maps of poverty in America match political maps--that is, red states have a lot of persistently poor people <<
LINK>> and <<
LINK2>> compared to <<LINK3>>?
So maybe before encouraging state governments to thumb their noses at .GOV --and risk a political realignment of historic proportions in 2016 (if not 2014)--
perhaps Americans who oppose more gun control could tell their elected representatives what they will support to help reduce violence against children in America rather than simply saying "no."