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2008 Presidential Voting Pattern for Tax Donor and Tax Subsidized States
The 22 states voting for McCain-Palin, on average, received $1.40 back for every dollar they sent to Washington; The 28 states for Obama-Biden, on average, received $1.00 for every dollar sent.
Source: 2004 Data compiled by the Tax Foundation
Ironically, those complaining loudest about federal taxes and spending tend to benefit the most. Notice the benefit-to-payment ratios for the home states of the major party presidential tickets:
Alaska (Palin) $1.87 received for every tax dollar paid (subsidized).
Arizona (McCain) $1.30 (subsidized).
Delaware (Biden) $0.79 (donor).
Illinois (Obama) $0.73 (donor).
Remember when Republicans attacked Obama for wanting to “spread the money around?” Like Blanche DuBois, McCain and Palin’s states depend on the kindness of strangers, Like Illinois, and Delaware, and Connecticut, and New York, and California, and Michigan, and New Jersey, and Minnesota, and all the other donor states on the short end of the stick. New Jersey gets a lousy 55-cents back for every dollar its sends to Washington.
The figures and 2008 voting results for all 50 states:
New Mexico $2.00 Obama-Biden
Alaska $1.87 McCain-Palin
West Virginia $1.83 McCain-Palin
Mississippi $1.77 McCain-Palin
North Dakota $1.73 McCain-Palin
Alabama $1.71 McCain-Palin
Virginia $1.66 Obama-Biden
Hawaii $1.60 Obama-Biden
Montana $1.58 McCain-Palin
South Dakota $1.49 McCain-Palin
Oklahoma $1.48 McCain-Palin
Arkansas $1.47 McCain-Palin
Kentucky $1.45 McCain-Palin
Louisiana $1.45 McCain-Palin
Maryland $1.44 Obama-Biden
Maine $1.40 Obama-Biden
South Carolina $1.38 McCain-Palin
Arizona $1.30 McCain-Palin
Tennessee $1.30 McCain-Palin
Missouri $1.29 McCain-Palin
Idaho $1.28 McCain-Palin
Utah $1.14 McCain-Palin
Kansas $1.12 McCain-Palin
Vermont $1.12 Obama-Biden
Wyoming $1.11 McCain-Palin
Iowa $1.11 Obama-Biden
North Carolina $1.10 Obama-Biden
Nebraska $1.07 McCain-Palin
Pennsylvania $1.06 Obama-Biden
Florida $1.02 Obama-Biden
Rhode Island $1.02 Obama-Biden
Ohio $1.01 Obama-Biden
Indiana $0.97 Obama-Biden
Oregon $0.97 Obama-Biden
Georgia $0.96 McCain-Palin
Texas $0.94 McCain-Palin
Washington $0.88 Obama-Biden
Michigan $0.85 Obama-Biden
Wisconsin $0.82 Obama-Biden
California $0.79 Obama-Biden
Colorado $0.79 Obama-Biden
Delaware $0.79 Obama-Biden
New York $0.79 Obama-Biden
Massachusetts $0.77 Obama-Biden
Illinois $0.73 Obama-Biden
Nevada $0.73 Obama-Biden
Minnesota $0.69 Obama-Biden
New Hampshire $0.67 Obama-Biden
Connecticut $0.66 Obama-Biden
New Jersey $0.55 Obama-Biden
This kind of unequal distribution of federal spending and taxation is likely justified, given the uneven economic conditions and opportunities around the United States. What is absurd and hypocritical, is having clear beneficiaries, including McCain and Palin, complaining about taxes and spending.
