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December 12, 2017

AP: High-tax states actually subsidize low-tax states

  • Mississippi received $2.13 for every tax dollar it sent to Washington in 2015. New Jersey received 74 cents in federal spending for every dollar.
  • By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Republican leaders have spent months promoting the myth that red low-tax states are subsidizing blue high-tax states because of the deduction for state and local taxes.

    An Associated Press Fact Check finds it's actually the other way around. High-tax, traditionally Democratic states (blue), subsidize low-tax, traditionally Republican states (red) — in a big way.


     
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