Blue State-Red State Tax Gap Isn’t Really That Fair: Justin Fox

The Trump administration’s many attempts over the past couple of weeks to halt federal spending have met mostly with approval from Republicans on Capitol Hill and outrage from Democrats. That’s sort of what one would expect given that Trump is a Republican, but also kind of weird in that states and congressional districts that vote for Republicans are as a rule much bigger net beneficiaries of federal spending than those that vote for Democrats.

With the federal government running a deficit of 5.9% of gross domestic product in the 2022 fiscal year — the most recent available in the state balance ...