From: "Arthur Frank" <[log in to unmask]>
> From http://www.harpers.org/HarpersIndex2001-04.html
>
> "Amount by which federal taxes paid in states carried by Al Gore in
> 2000 exceeded federal spending in them, per capita: $685 [Taubman Center
> for State and Local Government, Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)/
> Harper's research]
>
> "Amount by which federal taxes paid in states carried by George W. Bush
> fell short of federal spending in them, per capita: $645 [Taubman Center
> for State and Local Government, Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)/
> Harper's research] "

Using the latest numbers (2002) from the Tax Foundation,
http://www.taxfoundation.org/sr124.pdf, we can analyze where the difference
lies.  Per capita federal spending was $250 more in Bush states.  Per capita
federal taxes were $1600 less in Bush states (mainly because the average
income was lower).

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